Where: Leiria, Portugal (39.4° N, 9.2° W: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 9.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• 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 92092: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.10.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Balanophyllia italica Michelin 1841 stony coral |