Megalodon, mako shark and planktonic foraminifera from the continental shelf off Portugal and their age

Turbidite fragments collected by a fishing net off the central Portuguese coast (Peniche) present some fossils. The matrix is phosphatized and iron-rich with small quantities of manganese, zinc and copper. The occurrence of Megaselachus megalodon most probably excludes an age older than Middle Mioce...

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Main Author: Antunes, Miguel Telles (author)
Other Authors: Legoinha, Paulo (author), Balbino, Ausenda Cáceres (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/17685
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/17685