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Tavira (Santa Maria e Santiago), Tavira, Faro, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Tavira (Santa Maria e Santiago)Civil Parish
TaviraMunicipality
FaroDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Tavira15,133 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
398475
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:398475:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
German:
União das Freguesias de Tavira, Tavira, Faro, Portugal
Portuguese:
Tavira, Tavira, Faro, Portugal
Arabic:
طبيرة, طبيرة, فارو, البرتغال
Asturian:
Tavira, Tavira
Farsi/Persian:
تاویرا, تاویرا, ناحیه فارو, پرتغال
Ukrainian:
Тавіра, Тавіра, Фару, Португалія


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Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences20
Youngest Fossil Listed145 Ma (Late Jurassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed161 Ma (Jurassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Cabeca19155.7 - 150.8 Ma (Jurassic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Milleporidium
genus
Animalia : Porifera : Demospongiae : Axinellida : Milleporidium161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Ptychochaetetes
genus
Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Tabulospongida : Parastromatoporidae : Ptychochaetetes161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Machimosaurus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Machimosaurus155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Corallinaceae
family
Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Solenoporaceae
family
Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Solenoporaceae161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Serpulidae
family
Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Nubeculinella
genus
Foraminferea : Miliolida : Nubeculariidae : Nubeculinella161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Proaplophyllia sexradiata
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : Proaplophyllia : Proaplophyllia sexradiata161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Stylosmilia michelini
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : Stylosmilia : Stylosmilia michelini161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Solenocoenia sexradiata
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Solenocoeniidae : Solenocoenia : Solenocoenia sexradiata161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Calamophylliopsis stockesi
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dermosmiliidae : Calamophylliopsis : Calamophylliopsis stockesi161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Latomeandra plicata
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Latomeandridae : Latomeandra : Latomeandra plicata161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Amphiastrea piriformis
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Amphiastraeidae : Amphiastrea : Amphiastrea piriformis161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Goniocora socialis
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : Goniocora : Goniocora socialis161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Thecosmilia dichotoma
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montlivaltiidae : Thecosmilia : Thecosmilia dichotoma161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Pseudocoenia suboctonis
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : Pseudocoenia : Pseudocoenia suboctonis161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Adelocoenia excelsa
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Stylinidae : Adelocoenia : Adelocoenia excelsa161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Actinostromaria tokadiensis
species
Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Axinellida : Actinostromariidae : Actinostromaria : Actinostromaria tokadiensis161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Thamnasteria moreana
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Thamnasteriidae : Thamnasteria : Thamnasteria moreana161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Echinoidea
class
Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavira_(Santa_Maria_e_Santiago)
Wikidata ID:Q25442489
GeoNames ID:8012032


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