Castanheira (Jurassic of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (39.0° N, 9.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 1.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Castanheira Member (Abadia Formation), Early/Lower Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. U. Schmid and W. Werner. 2005. Sobralispongia densespiculata, a new coralline sponge from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal. Geobios 38:653-666 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114671: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge
Pharetronida
 Pharetronida -
Pharetronida indet. Zittel 1878
Demospongiae
 Agelasida -
Sobralispongia densespiculata Schmid and Werner 2005 demosponge