Where: Portugal (37.2° N, 8.2° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 9.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mem Moniz Member (Lagos-Portimao Formation), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• samples MM1-MM3, Mem Moniz Marls are part of the middle member of the Lagos-Portimao Formation, calcareous nannofossil subzone CN5a, Middle Serravallian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, white marl
Size class: microfossils
Primary reference: A. Pisera, M. Cachao, and C. M. Silva. 2006. Siliceous sponge spicules from the Miocene Mem Moniz Marls (Portugal) and their environmental significance. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 112(2):287-299 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 117021: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
Spirophorida indet. Bergquist and Hogg 1969 demosponge | |
Samus sp. Gray 1867 demosponge | |
Alectona wallichii demosponge
Alectona ? milliari demosponge | |
? Tethyidae indet. Gray 1867 demosponge | |
Hadromerida indet. Topsent 1898 demosponge | |
Theonellidae indet. Lendenfeld 1904 demosponge | |
Rhizomorina indet. Zittel 1895 demosponge | |
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Ancorinidae indet. Schmidt 1870 demosponge | |
? Geodia sp. Lamarck 1815 demosponge | |
Hexactinellida | |
Hexactinellida indet. Schmidt 1870 glass sponge |