Marco, Santa Catarina, Faro, Cabeca coral limestone (Jurassic of Portugal)

Also known as Reef 499

Where: Portugal (37.2° N, 7.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 21.8° N, 8.3° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cabeca Formation, Early/Lower Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• small patch-reefs and biostromes
• coral limestone with lenses of sandy marls

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: O. F. Geyer. 1955. Korallenfaunen aus dem Oberen Jura von Portugal. Senckenbergiana lethaea 35:317-356 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34663: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 15.09.2003, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
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Milleporidium variocellatum
Milleporidium variocellatum stromatoporoid sponge
Demospongiae
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Ptychochaetetes globosus, Ptychochaetetes cf. peroni
Ptychochaetetes cf. peroni Fischer 1970 demosponge
 Tetralithistida - Cylindrophymatidae
? Cylindrophyma sp.
? Cylindrophyma sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Discostromatidae
? Hyalotragos sp.
? Hyalotragos sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Platychoniidae
? Platychonia sp.
? Platychonia sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Agelasida - Actinostromariidae
Actinostromaria jeanneti
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Chaetetopsis crinita
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Latomeandra plicata, Fungiastraea cristata, "Microphyllia minima" = Latiastrea minima
Latomeandra plicata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Fungiastraea cristata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
"Microphyllia minima" = Latiastrea minima Koby 1885 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
"Calamophylliopsis stokesi" = Calamophylliopsis stockesi, "Calamoseris flabellum" = Calamophylliopsis flabellum, "Calamophylliopsis flabellum" = Calamophylliopsis flabellum
"Calamophylliopsis stokesi" = Calamophylliopsis stockesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
"Calamoseris flabellum" = Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral
"Calamophylliopsis flabellum" = Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina cf. stellata, Heliocoenia orbignyi, Heliocoenia variabilis
Stylina cf. stellata Etallon and Thurmann 1864 stony coral
Heliocoenia orbignyi Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
Heliocoenia variabilis Étallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
"Pseudocoenia suboctonis" = Cryptocoenia castellum
"Pseudocoenia suboctonis" = Cryptocoenia castellum Michelin 1844 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae
Rhipidogyra elegans
Rhipidogyra elegans Koby 1888 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea trochiformis, "Actinastrea ramulifera" = Stephanastrea ramulifera
Actinastrea trochiformis Michelin 1844 stony coral
"Actinastrea ramulifera" = Stephanastrea ramulifera Etallon and Thurmann 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria moreana
Thamnasteria moreana d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Stenolaemata
 Tubuliporata - Plagioeciidae
Plagioecia sp.
Plagioecia sp. Canu 1918
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet.
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816