A review of the MIS 5e highstand deposits from Santa Maria Island (Azores, NE Atlantic): palaeobiodiversity, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography

SP Ávila, C Melo, L Silva, RS Ramalho… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
The privileged location of Santa Maria Island (Azores archipelago) in the middle of the North
Atlantic makes the fossiliferous outcrops on this island of utmost importance to gain a better …

Palaeoecology, taphonomy, and preservation of a lower Pliocene shell bed (coquina) from a volcanic oceanic island (Santa Maria Island, Azores)

SP Ávila, RS Ramalho, JM Habermann… - Palaeogeography …, 2015 - Elsevier
Massive fossil shell accumulations require particular conditions to be formed and may
provide valuable insights into the sedimentary environments favouring such concentrations …

Systematics, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography of the Neogene fossil sharks from the Azores (Northeast Atlantic)

SP Ávila, R Ramalho, R Vullo - Annales de Paléontologie, 2012 - Elsevier
The Azores Archipelago is a group of isolated islands located in the North Atlantic Ocean.
One of these oceanic islands–Santa Maria–exhibits marine fossiliferous sediments of late …

[HTML][HTML] The Lower Pliocene marine gastropods of Santa Maria Island, Azores: Taxonomy and palaeobiogeographic implications

C Sacchetti, B Landau, SP Avila - Zootaxa, 2023 - mapress.com
In this work, all the Lower Pliocene gastropod assemblages of Santa Maria Island are
revised. These all form part of the Touril Complex. Seventy-seven species are identified …

The marine fossil record at Santa Maria Island (Azores)

SP Ávila, RS Ramalho, JM Habermann… - Volcanoes of the Azores …, 2018 - Springer
Santa Maria is the oldest island of the Azores Archipelago and is remarkably rich in exposed
marine fossiliferous sediments and submarine volcanic sequences. This chapter …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of Modern and Pleistocene (MIS 5e) Coastal Boulder Deposits from Santa Maria Island (Azores Archipelago, NE Atlantic Ocean)

SP Avila, ME Johnson, AC Rebelo, L Baptista… - Journal of Marine …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Modern and palaeo-shores from Pleistocene Marine Isotope Substage 5e (MIS 5e) featuring
prominent cobble/boulder deposits from three locations, on the southern and eastern coast …

[HTML][HTML] The echinoderm fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean)

P Madeira, A Kroh, R Cordeiro, AMDF Martins, SP Avila - Zootaxa, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In more than 150 years of research in the waters surrounding the Azores, several
publications on the fauna of echinoderms of the archipelago have been produced, in the …

Rhodolith forming coralline algae in the Upper Miocene of Santa Maria Island (Azores, NE Atlantic): a critical evaluation

AC Rebelo, M Rasser, R Riosmena-Rodríguez… - Phytotaxa, 2014 - repositorio.uac.pt
The Late Miocene Malbusca outcrop is located in the southeastern coast of Santa Maria
Island (Azores, NE Atlantic), interspersed in volcanic formations. At~ 20 meters above …

The palaeontological heritage of Santa Maria Island (Azores: NE Atlantic): a re-evaluation of geosites in GeoPark Azores and their use in geotourism

SP Ávila, M Cachão, RS Ramalho, AZ Botelho… - Geoheritage, 2016 - Springer
The application of geoconservation concepts and methodologies to the Azores archipelago
led to the implementation of the Geopark Azores, recognized as such by the European and …

[HTML][HTML] New species of Rissoidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Archipelago of the Azores (northeast Atlantic) with an updated regional checklist for the family

R Cordeiro, SP Ávila - ZooKeys, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Four new species of shallow-water marine gastropods belonging to the family Rissoidae are
described from the Archipelago of the Azores: Setia alexandrae sp. n., Setia ermelindoi sp …