Where: Azores, Portugal (37.0° N, 25.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 25.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• "Vindobonian"
• 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 92091: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.10.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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Edwardsotrochus cf. duodecimcostatus Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Caryophyllia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral | |
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Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral
Flabellum extensum Michelin 1841 stony coral | |
Leptopsammia zbyszewskii n. sp., Dendrophyllia cf. amica, "Eupsammia sismondiana" = Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) sismondiana
Leptopsammia zbyszewskii n. sp. Chevalier 1964 cup coral
Dendrophyllia cf. amica Michelotti 1838 stony coral
"Eupsammia sismondiana" = Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) sismondiana Michelin 1841 stony coral | |