Baixo, Porto Santo Island (Miocene of Portugal)

Also known as Reef 2028

Where: Portugal (33.0° N, 16.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 16.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70666: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.04.2007, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora sp. Schweigger 1819 stony coral
Pocillopora madreporacea Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Astrocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Columastreidae
"Solenastrea turonensis" = Palaeoplesiastraea turonensis
"Solenastrea turonensis" = Palaeoplesiastraea turonensis Michelin 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Isophyllastrea sp." = Isophyllia
"Isophyllastrea sp." = Isophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
"? Edwardsotrochus sp." = Ceratotrochus (Edwardsotrochus) Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Caryophyllia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844 stony coral