Also known as Reef 499
Where: Portugal (37.1° N, 8.3° W: paleocoordinates 31.2° N, 0.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cabeca Formation, Early/Lower Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone and lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: S. Rosendahl. 1985. Die oberjurassische Korallenfazies von Algarve (Südportugal) [The Upper Jurassic coral facies of Algarve (Southern Portugal)]. Arbeiten aus dem Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie an der Universität Stuttgart 82:1-125 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 68585: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 | |
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenoporaceae indet. Pia 1927 | |
Anthozoa | |
Thamnasteria moreana d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral | |
"Pseudocoenia suboctonis" = Cryptocoenia castellum
"Pseudocoenia suboctonis" = Cryptocoenia castellum Michelin 1843 stony coral | |
Heliocoenia variabilis, "Pseudocoenia hexaphyllia" = Adelocoenia hexaphyllia, "Pseudocoenia limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata
Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia hexaphyllia" = Adelocoenia hexaphyllia d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia limbata" = Adelocoenia limbata Goldfuss 1829 stony coral | |
Synastrea subagaricites Becker 1875 stony coral | |
"Calamophylliopsis stokesi" = Calamophylliopsis stockesi
"Calamophylliopsis stokesi" = Calamophylliopsis stockesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
Fungiastraea arachnoides Parkinson 1808 stony coral
Comophyllia polymorpha Koby 1906 stony coral | |
Acanthogyra multiformis Ogilvie 1897 stony coral | |
Mitrodendron ogilvieae stony coral | |
Hydrozoa | |
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956 | |
Hexactinellida | |
Craticulariidae indet. Rauff 1893 glass sponge | |
Calcarea | |
"Eusiphonella sp." = Pareudea
"Eusiphonella sp." = Pareudea Etallon 1859 calcareous sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Chaetetopsis crinita demosponge | |
Ptychochaetetes globosus demosponge
Ptychochaetetes cf. peroni Fischer 1970 demosponge | |
Actinostromaria jeanneti demosponge | |
Dehornella harrarensis Wells 1943 demosponge | |
Echinoidea | |
Cidaroida indet. Claus 1880 pencil urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Atreta sp. Etallon 1862 scallop | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratulidae indet. Gray 1840 | |
Thecideida indet. Pajaud 1970 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Berenicea sp. Lamouroux 1821 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides | |
"Fungiastraea multicincta" = Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides
"Fungiastraea multicincta" = Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides Becker 1875 |