Macaronesia

Açores

Santa Maria

Ponta Negra (São Lourenço)



Location
Location TypeOutcrop
Parent LocationSanta Maria
Decimal Latitude36.98626200
Decimal Longitude-25.04880900
Coordinate Uncertainty In Meters87
GeodeticDatumWGS84
CountryPortugal
CountyVila do Porto
LocalityPonta Negra, Baía de São Lourenço
Stratigraphy - Max-min AgePonta Negra Pliocene Section
Stratigraphy Elevation Base Min/Max2 - 8
Stratigraphy - Max-min Age8
ProtectionDLR 11/2018/A 2018-08-28
Added byMadeira, P. on 2024-03-04
Changed byMadeira, P. on 2024-05-21
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy Parent Unit Type Occurrences
Ponta Negra Calcarenite Ponta Negra Pliocene Section Lithostratigraphy 2
Specimens
Scientific Name Location Island Group Island
Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 Ponta Negra (São Lourenço) Azores Santa Maria
Clypeaster Lamarck, 1801 Ponta Negra (São Lourenço) Azores Santa Maria
References
Location according to
Ávila, S. P., Melo, C., Berning, B., Cordeiro, R., Landau, B., & da Silva, C. M. (2016). Persististrombus coronatus (Mollusca: Strombidae) in the early Pliocene of Santa Maria Island (Azores: NE Atlantic): palaeoecology, palaeoclimatology and palaeobiogeographic implications on the NE Atlantic Molluscan Biogeographical Provinces. 912–923. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.10.043.
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.