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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Acropora lavandulina Michelin 1840 stony coral | |
Stylophora cf. raristella Defrance 1826 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Siderastrea miocenica Osasco 1896 stony coral | |
"Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi" = Solenastrea desmoulinsi
"Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi" = Solenastrea desmoulinsi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral |