Praia da Gale section, Lagos- Portimao Fm. (Miocene to of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (37.1° N, 8.2° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 9.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lagos- Portimao Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone

• Composed of three distinct layers: two fossiliferous sandstones with an intercalated shell bed. The upper sandstone unit displays thiekets of the bryozoan Celleporaria palmata associated with the coral Culizia parasitica. Section is 8 m thick

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. H. Forst, T. C. Brachert, and J. Pais. 2000. High-resolution correlation of coastal cliff sections in the Lagos- Portimao Formation (Lower - Middle Miocene, central Algarve, Portugal). Ciencias da Terra 14:289-296 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155050: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 28.03.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Heterostegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826