Porto Brandao (Miocene of Portugal)

Where: Setubal, Portugal (38.7° N, 9.2° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° N, 10.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. P. Chevalier. 1964. Contribution a l'etude des madreporaires neogenes du Portugal et des Acores [Contribution to the study of Neogene corals from Portugal and the Azores]. Comunicacoes dos Servicos Geologicos de Portugal 48:109-140 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92101: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.10.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
"Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi" = Solenastrea desmoulinsi
"Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi" = Solenastrea desmoulinsi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea cf. abditaxis Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Favites neglecta Michelotti 1868 stony coral