Santa Cruz Cliff, Isognomon 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)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; lithified marl

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 68236: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
"Connectastrea piriformis" = Amphiastrea piriformis
"Connectastrea piriformis" = Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria Röding 1798 snail
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
"Myophorella lusitanica" = Myophorella (Myophorella) lusitanica
"Myophorella lusitanica" = Myophorella (Myophorella) lusitanica Sharpe 1900 clam
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel