Santa Cruz Cliff, Jurassicorbula association, Lisboa (Jurassic of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (39.1° N, 9.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 1.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• 17 beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; lithified lime mudstone and lithified siltstone

• prodelta and brackish lagoons and bays
• thin bands of fine-sandy shelly micrite and marly to fine-sandy silt

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich. 1981. Salinity-controlled benthic associations from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal. Lethaia 14:203-223 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68234: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.01.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Asteroidea
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Asteroidea indet.
Asteroidea indet. de Blainville 1830 sea star
Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Pseudocidaris sp.
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula (Cycloserpula) sp., Serpula (Dorsoserpula) sp.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
? Naticidae indet.
? Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Acteoninidae
"Actaeonina sp." = Acteonina
"Actaeonina sp." = Acteonina d'Orbigny 1850 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet.
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita sp.
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Heteroconchia -
Heterodonta indet.
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884 clam
 Myoida -
Jurassicorbula edwardi
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella sp.
Nicaniella sp. Chavan 1945 clam
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Plectomya rugosa
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia depressa
Thracia depressa Sowerby 1823 clam
 Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
Eomiodon securiformis
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina sp., Isocyprina (Eotrapezium) eupheno
Isocyprina sp. Röder 1882 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia sp., Protocardia intexta
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle
sp. B
Protocardia intexta Muenster 1837 cockle
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbulomima dammariensis, Corbulomima suprajurensis
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Myopholas multicostata
Myopholas multicostata Agassiz 1842 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon sp.
Grammatodon sp. Meek and Hayden 1860 clam
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteroperna pygmaea
Pteroperna pygmaea pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, "Liostrea dubiensis" = Praeexogyra dubiensis
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
"Liostrea dubiensis" = Praeexogyra dubiensis Contejean 1859 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes sp.
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis suprajurensis
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus subreniformis
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797