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
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 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Bivalvia | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Foraminifera | |
Heterostegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 |