Arroio, Sta. Catarina, Portugal (Jurassic of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (37.1° N, 7.8° W: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, sandy marl

• 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 34664: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 15.09.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia thurmanni, Montlivaltia truncata
Montlivaltia thurmanni Koby 1883 stony coral
Montlivaltia truncata Defrance 1817 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Axosmilia carrapateirensis, Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia corallina
Axosmilia carrapateirensis Koby 1904 stony coral
Axosmilia crassa Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
Axosmilia corallina Etallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea matheyi, Actinastrea crassoramosa
Actinastrea matheyi Koby 1885 stony coral
Actinastrea crassoramosa Michelin 1843 stony coral