Where: Portugal (38.7° N, 9.1° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 10.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• Helvetian VI b and c
• 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 92099: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.10.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Heliastrea cf. oligophylla Reuss 1871 stony coral
Heliastrea lusitaniae n. sp. Chevalier 1964 stony coral |