Location
Location TypeOutcrop
Parent LocationSanta Maria
Decimal Latitude37.01100000
Decimal Longitude-25.14609000
Coordinate Uncertainty In Meters185
GeodeticDatumWGS84
CountryPortugal
CountyVila do Porto
LocalityPonta dos Frades (Anjos)
ProtectionDLR 11/2018/A 2018-08-28
Added byMadeira, P. on 2024-07-12
Changed byMadeira, P. on 2024-07-30
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy Parent Unit Type Occurrences
Ponta dos Frades Section Touril Volcano-Sedimentary Complex Lithostratigraphy 23
Specimens
Scientific Name Location Island Group Island
Conus Linnaeus, 1758 Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Alvania sleursi (Amati, 1987) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Bellardithala obsoleta (Brocchi, 1814) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Cancilla volvaria (Bronn, 1862) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Clathrella clathrata (R. A. Philippi, 1844) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Costoanachis semicostata (Sacco, 1890) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Echinocardium Gray, 1825 Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Erato mayeri Sacchetti, Landau & Ávila, 2023 Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Psilaxis simplex (Bronn, 1831) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Rissoina pusilla (Brocchi, 1814) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Stephanoconus candidatus (Mayer, 1862) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Talisman scrobilator (Linnaeus, 1758) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Tritia serraticosta (Hörnes, 1852) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
Sparisoma cretense (Linnaeus, 1758) Ponta dos Frades Azores Santa Maria
References
Location according to
Madeira, P., Kroh, A., Cordeiro, R., Meireles, R., & Avila, S. P. (2011). The fossil echinoids of Santa Maria Island, Azores (Northern Atlantic Ocean). 243—264. Acta Geologica Polonica. 61. 3.
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.