Lisboa City (Miocene of Portugal)

Also known as Reef 1997

Where: Portugal (38.7° N, 9.1° W: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 11.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

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 92102: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.10.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora lavandulina Michelin 1840 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora cf. raristella Defrance 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea miocenica Osasco 1896 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
"Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi" = Solenastrea desmoulinsi
"Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi" = Solenastrea desmoulinsi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral