Macaronesia

Açores

Santa Maria

Macela (Praia Formosa)



Location
Location TypeOutcrop
Parent LocationSanta Maria
Decimal Latitude36.95407500
Decimal Longitude-25.10369300
Coordinate Uncertainty In Meters87
GeodeticDatumWGS84
CountryPortugal
CountyVila do Porto
LocalityPraia Formosa
Stratigraphy - Max-min AgeMacela Section
Stratigraphy Elevation Base Min/Max100 - 105
Stratigraphy - Max-min Age105
ProtectionDLR 11/2018/A 2018-08-28
Added byMadeira, P. on 2024-02-05
Changed byMadeira, P. on 2024-06-25
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy Parent Unit Type Occurrences
Macela calcarenite sandstone (5) Macela Section Lithostratigraphy 28
Specimens
Scientific Name Location Island Group Island
Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 Macela (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Bittium miradouroense Sacchetti, Landau & Ávila, 2023 Macela (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Costoanachis semicostata (Sacco, 1890) Macela (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Cylichna Lovén, 1846 Macela (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Mollusca Macela (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Thericium incultum (Mayer, in Bronn in Reiss, 1862) Macela (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Tritia serraticosta (Hörnes, 1852) Macela (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
Upogebia azorensis Hyžný in Hyžný, Melo, Ramalho, Cordeiro, Madeira, Baptista, Rebelo, Gómez, Uchman, Johnson, Berning & Ávila, 2021 Macela (Praia Formosa) Azores Santa Maria
References
Location according to
Hyžný, M., Melo, C. S., Ramalho, R. S., Cordeiro, R., Madeira, P., Baptista, L., Rebelo, A.C., Gómez, C., Uchman, A., Johnson, M.E., Berning, B., & Ávila, S. P. (2021). Pliocene and Late Pleistocene (MIS 5e) decapod crustacean crabs from Santa Maria Island (Azores Archipelago: NE Atlantic): systematics, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography. 91–109. Journal of Quaternary Science. 36. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3261.
Georeference Protocol
Rios, N. E., & Bart, H. L. (2010). GEOLocate (Version 3.22). Tulane University Museum of Natural History, Belle Chasse, LA. https://www.geo-locate.org/web/WebGeoref.aspx.