Canavial Beach, Partimao Fm, Log B (Miocene of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (37.1° N, 8.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 10.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lagos Biocalcarenite Member (Partimao Formation), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. M. da Silva, M. Cachão, A. C. Rebelo, M. E. Johnson, B. G. Baarli, A. Santos, and E. J. Mayoral. 2019. Paleoenvironment and taphonomy of lower Miocene bivalve and macroid assemblages: the Lagos Biocalcarenite (Lagos‑Portimão Formation, southern Portugal). Facies [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198865: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 16.01.2019

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Turitella sp.
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Spongites sp.
Spongites sp. Kützing 1841
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Phymatolithon calcareum
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet., Pelecyora sp.
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
Pelecyora sp. Dall 1902 venus clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pectinidae indet., Gigantopecten sp., Spondylus sp.
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet., Crassostrea sp.
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster