Rocha, Faro, sponge-bearing thrombolites bioherm (Jurassic of Portugal)

Also known as Reef 498

Where: Portugal (37.1° N, 7.9° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• intercalated between the Peral and Jordana Beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• sponge-bearing thrombolites with a thickness of 30 m, with a marly intercalation between metre 18.5 and 22 very rich in sponges

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: R. R. Leinfelder, M. Krautter, M. Nose, M. M. Ramalho, and W. Werner. 1993. Siliceous sponge facies from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 189:199-254 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68207: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.01.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
unclassified
  -
"Thrombolite" indet.
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinus sp.
Isocrinus sp. von Meyer 1836 Sea lily
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Insecta
 Neuroptera - Sisyridae
Neuropora spinosa
Neuropora spinosa spongillafly
Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp.
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Goniocora sp., cf. Stylosmilia sp.
Goniocora sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
cf. Stylosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Hexactinellida
 Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
"Tremadictyon reticulatum" = Cribrospongia reticulata, "Tremadictyon sp." = Cribrospongia
"Tremadictyon reticulatum" = Cribrospongia reticulata Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
"Tremadictyon sp." = Cribrospongia d'Orbigny 1849 glass sponge
 Hexactinosa - Staurodermatidae
Stauroderma sp., Stauroderma lochense
Stauroderma sp. Zittel 1877 glass sponge
Stauroderma lochense glass sponge
 Lychniscosa - Pachyteichismatidae
Pachyteichisma sp.
Pachyteichisma sp. Zittel 1877 glass sponge
 Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Laocoetis sp., ? Craticularia sp., Craticularia parallela
Laocoetis sp. Pomel 1872 glass sponge
? Craticularia sp. Zittel 1877 glass sponge
Craticularia parallela Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Spirosclerophorida - Platychoniidae
Platychonia ? auriformis
 Agelasida - Milleporellidae
Dehornella choffati
Dehornella choffati Dehorne 1917 demosponge
listed as Dehornaeporella