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São Gonçalo de Lagos, Lagos, Faro, Portugali
Regional Level Types
São Gonçalo de LagosCivil Parish
LagosMunicipality
FaroDistrict
PortugalCountry

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PlacePopulation
Lagos18,831 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
398461
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:398461:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Portuguese:
São Gonçalo de Lagos, Lagos, Faro, Portugal


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Fossils

There are 3 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences21
Youngest Fossil Listed11.6 Ma (Miocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed23.0 Ma (Miocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Lagos Portimao113.82 - 11.62 Ma (Miocene)
Partimao - Lagos Biocalcarenite2023.03 - 15.97 Ma (Miocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Protoma
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Protoma23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Nassarius
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Nassariidae : Nassarius23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Crassostrea
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Crassostrea23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Gigantopecten
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Gigantopecten23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Spondylus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Spondylidae : Spondylus23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Pelecyora
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Pelecyora23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Echinolampas
genus
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Echinolampadoida : Echinolampadidae : Echinolampas23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Cetacea
order
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Spongites
genus
Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Spongites23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Ostreidae
family
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Pectinidae
family
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Veneridae
family
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Phymatolithon calcareum
species
Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Corallinales : Hapalidiaceae : Phymatolithon : Phymatolithon calcareum23.03 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
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