Romao-S, Faro (Jurassic to of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (37.2° N, 7.9° W: paleocoordinates 31.2° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oxfordian to Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 150.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified marl

• compact micritic limestones, marly limestones and marls

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 68252: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Spirillinina - Spirillinidae
 Textulariina - Orbitopsellidae
 Loftusiacea - Hottingeritidae
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Milleporellidae
Dehornella choffati Dehorne 1917 demosponge
listed as Dehornaeporella
  - Burgundiidae
Burgundia trinorchii Dehorne 1916 demosponge