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Ilheu de Santa Maria, Cape Verde
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 14.9,-23.5167 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Cape Verde |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Ilheu de Santa Maria, Santiago | Boekschoten G. J., Best M. B. (1988) | age: 700,000 +/- 200,000 years | "limestone" | 0.781 - 0.126 Ma Pleistocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Tubastraea coccinea species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Tubastraea : Tubastraea coccinea | 0.781 - 0.126 Ma Pleistocene |
Favia fragum species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Favia : Favia fragum | 0.781 - 0.126 Ma Pleistocene |
Porites astreoides species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites : Porites astreoides | 0.781 - 0.126 Ma Pleistocene |
Porites porites species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites : Porites porites | 0.781 - 0.126 Ma Pleistocene |
Siderastrea radians species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Siderastrea : Siderastrea radians | 0.781 - 0.126 Ma Pleistocene |
References
Boekschoten G. J., Best M. B. (1988) Fossil and recent shallow water corals from the Atlantic islands off western Africa, Zoologische Mededelingen 62 8, 99-112 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!