Where: Portugal (39.3° N, 9.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 1.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Oxfordian to Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 152.1 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: G. Termier, H. Termier, and M. Ramalho. 1985. Spongiofaunes du Jurassique Superieur du Portugal. Comunicacoes dos Servicos Geologicos de Portugal 71(2):197-222 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 68243: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhodophyceae | |
Marinella lugeoni Pfender 1939 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Terquemella sp. Morellet and Morellet 1913 | |
Foraminifera | |
Cyanophyceae | |
Cayeuxia sp. Frollo 1938 | |
Demospongiae | |
Cladocoropsis mirabilis Felix 1907 demosponge | |
Periomipora elegantissima demosponge | |
Calcarea | |
Corynella cf. quenstedti Zittel 1880 calcareous sponge |