Ilheu de Cima, Porto Santo, 120-160 cm (Miocene of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (33.1° N, 16.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 16.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• A comparable age of about 14–15 Ma is projected for sedimentary intercalations with volcanic rocks on Ilheu de Cima.

Environment/lithology: coastal; volcaniclastic sediments

• Sea cliff is a genuine rocky shore composed of basalt (not a boulder deposit) with

•fossils that record distinct vertical zonation.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. Santos, E. J. Mayoral, C.M. Silva, M. Cachao, M.E. Johnson and B.G. Baarli. 2011. Miocene intertidal zonation on a volcanically active shoreline: Porto Santo in the Madeira Archipelago, Portugal. Lethaia 44:26-32 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151585: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 08.10.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Isophyllastrea orbignyana" = Isophyllia
"Isophyllastrea orbignyana" = Isophyllia stony coral
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Pyrgomatidae
Ceratoconcha costata
Ceratoconcha costata coral barnacle
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp.
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle