Also known as Reef 2623
Where: Portugal (40.4° N, 8.7° W: paleocoordinates 31.5° N, 5.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified sandstone and lithified limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: M. Beauvais, P. Y. Berthou, and J. Lauverjat. 1975. Le gisement campanien de Mira (Beira litorale, Portugal): sedimentologie, micropaleontologie, revision de Madreporaires [The Campanian of Mira (Beira, Portugal)): sedimentology, micropaleontology, revision of Scleractinia)]. Comunicacoes dos Servicos Geologicos de Portugal 59:37-58 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74563: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Textulariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839 | |
Foraminifera | |
"Siderolites vidali" = Pseudosiderolites vidali
"Siderolites vidali" = Pseudosiderolites vidali Douville 1907 | |
Anthozoa | |
Columnocoenia transiens stony coral | |
"Actinastrea pygmaea" = Columactinastraea pygmaea
"Actinastrea pygmaea" = Columactinastraea pygmaea Felix 1903 stony coral | |
Diploctenium affine Felix 1903 stony coral | |
Cunnolites felixi n. sp., "Cunnolites regularis" = Cunnolites polymorphus, "Cunnolites cf. regularis" = Cunnolites polymorphus
Cunnolites felixi n. sp. stony coral
"Cunnolites regularis" = Cunnolites polymorphus Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
"Cunnolites cf. regularis" = Cunnolites polymorphus Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Fungiastraea miraensis n. sp.
Fungiastraea miraensis n. sp. stony coral | |
Cephalopoda | |
Hoplitoplacenticeras marotti ammonite
Hoplitoplacenticeras besairiei ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Aporrhais sp. da Costa 1778 snail | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam | |
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop | |
"Neithea quadricostata" = Neithea regularis
"Neithea quadricostata" = Neithea regularis Schlotheim 1813 scallop | |
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster | |
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Echinoidea | |
Ovulechinus sp. sea urchin |