Guilengues, Namibe (Miocene of Angola)

Where: Angola (15.5° S, 12.1° E: paleocoordinates 16.2° S, 10.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• no information given

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. P. Chevalier. 1970. Les Madreporaires du Neogene et du Quaternaire de l'Angola [Neogene and Quaternary corals from Angola]. Annalen Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika, 8: Geologische Wetenschappen 68:13-33 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73801: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora raristella Defrance 1826 stony coral