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 (13.7 - 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