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