Silveirinha clay pit, Portugal


Fundort: Silveirinha clay pit, Portugal, Região Centro, Portugal
Taxon: Arcius zbyszewskii aus der Familie Paromomyidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils,mesofossils, The exact stratigraphic position of the Silveirinha locality is not fully constrained. It is generally regarded as either latest Paleocene and/or earliest Eocene. Most authors prefer assignment to the Early Eocene (MN7), based on mammal biostratigraphy (see e.g. Pais et al., 2012, Paleogene and Neogene of Western Iberia. Springer). (TL), The Silveirinha Formation consists of fossiliferous lenticular calcitic conglomerates as well as laminated and cross bedded sands and brownish-red silts. (Pais et al., 2012)
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 48,6 und 55,8 Millionen Jahre aus der Silveirinha Formation in Portugal
Geologie, Sratigraphie Ypresian / Early Eocene / Silveirinha
Koordinaten: 40° 0 ' 50 '' N, 8° 49 ' 19 '' W

Literatur

C. Estravís 2000, Nuevos mamíferos del Eoceno Inferior de Silveirinha (Baixo Mondego, Portugal). Coloquios de Paleontología. 51, p. 281 - 311

Systematik