Baixo, Porto Santo Island: Late/Upper Miocene, Portugal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Columastreidae
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Solenastrea turonensis
(Michelin 1847)
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| recombined as Palaeoplesiastraea turonensis | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Tarbellastraea reussiana
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Faviidae
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Isastrea sp.
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
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= Faviidae indet.
Gregory 1900
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Kiessling 2008 | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Isophyllastrea sp.
Matthai 1928
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| synonym of Isophyllia | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Caryophyllia sp.
Lamarck 1801
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? Edwardsotrochus sp.
(Chevalier 1961)
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| original and current combination Ceratotrochus (Edwardsotrochus) | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites sp.
Link 1807
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Astrocoenia sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Madracis sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Stylophora sp.
Schweigger 1819
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Pocillopora madreporacea
(Lamarck 1816)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Montastrea sp.
(Blainville 1830)
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| original and current combination Montastraea | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Balanophyllia sp.
Wood 1844
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Dendrophyllia sp.
Blainville 1830
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| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Portugal |
| Coordinates: | 33.0° North, 16.4° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.0° North, 16.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 2028 | ||
| Database number: | 70666 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel, W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-04-02 01:59:14 | Last modified: | 2007-04-02 04:59:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-04-02 01:59:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23708. | M. Wijsman-Best and G. J. Boekschoten. 1982. On the coral fauna in the Miocene reef at Baixo, Porto Santo (eastern Atlantic). Netherlands Journal of Zoology 32(3):412-418 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 26431 | W. Kiessling. 2008. New opinions on coral taxonomy. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |