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Ponta de São Lourenço, Madeira Island, Madeira, Portugal
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 32.745,-16.72 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Madeira Island, Madeira, Portugal |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Ponta de São Lourenço | Rando J. C., Pieper H., et al (2012) | Aeolian deposits on the São Lourenço Peninsula range in age from approx. 300 ka to the Holocene. | sandstone | 0.781 - 0 Ma Quaternary |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Otus mauli species | Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Strigiformes : Strigidae : Otus : Otus mauli | 0.781 - 0 Ma Quaternary |
References
Rando J. C., Pieper H., et al (2012) A new species of extinct fossil scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus) from the Archipelago of Madeira (North Atlantic Ocean) , Zootaxa 3182, 29-42 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!