Arruda dos Vinhos, Serra Isabel level, coral-sponge-crinoid bioherm (Jurassic of Portugal)

Also known as Reef 503

Where: Portugal (39.0° N, 9.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 1.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Abadia Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• Serra Isabel level 30-40 m below the top of the formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks and lithified marl

• open marine habitat on a slope situated within the lower photic zone and below storm wave base
• 2 subfacies can be differentiated: crinoid-thrombolite mounds and coral dominated associations, which surround the crinoid mounds. The association occurs in a 250 cm thick unit of clayey marls with some thin, partly silty and strongly ferruginous calcareous marlstones.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: W. Werner, R. R. Leinfelder, F. T. Fürsich and M. Krautter. 1994. Comparative palaeoecology of marly coralline sponge-bearing reefal associations from the Kimmeridgina (Upper Jurassic) of Portugal and southwestern Germany. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 172:381-397 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68212: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.01.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Cyanophyceae
  -
Cayeuxia sp. Frollo 1938
unclassified
  -
Nodosariata
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Foraminifera
 Lituolacea - Haplophragmoiidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Eudea cribraria calcareous sponge
Eudea incrustans Müller 1984 calcareous sponge
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Dermosmilia sp. Koby 1884 stony coral
Dermosmilia cf. simplex Koby 1889 stony coral
Epistreptophyllum sp. Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dermoseris delgadoi Koby 1905 stony coral
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Axosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Perisphinctidae indet. Steinmann 1890 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
Aspidoceras sp. Zittel ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Glochiceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta unguis Loriol 1900 scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
 Ostreida - Aulacomyellidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
"Pholadomya protei" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) protei Brongniart 1821 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia intexta Muenster 1837 cockle
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella sp. Chavan 1945 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Rhynchonellata
 Thecideida -
Thecideida indet. Pajaud 1970
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina substriata Schlotheim 1820
 Terebratulida -
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Stomatoporidae
Stomatopora sp. Bronn 1825
 Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae
"Berenicea" sp. Lamouroux 1821
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
 Serpulimorpha -
Cycloserpula sp. Parsch 1956
Insecta
 Neuroptera - Sisyridae
Neuropora sp. Khramov 2019 spongillafly
Crinoidea
 Millericrinida - Millericrinidae
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida -
 Cidaroida - Diplocidaridae
Diplocidaris gigantea Agassiz 1840 pencil urchin
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
 Life -
"Tubiphytes morronensis" = Crescentiella morronensis
"Tubiphytes morronensis" = Crescentiella morronensis Crescenti 1969