Also known as Reef 3482
Where: Portugal (37.2° N, 8.0° W: paleocoordinates 31.3° N, 1.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sao Romao Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian to Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 150.8 Ma)
• intercalated in the upper part of the Peral Beds
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
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 68587: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenoporaceae indet. Pia 1927 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843 | |
Demospongiae | |
Dehornella hydractinoides Dehorne 1919 demosponge | |
Cladocoropsis mirabilis Felix 1907 demosponge | |
Chaetetopsis krimholzi demosponge | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Milleporidium formosum stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatoporina tornquisti Deininger 1906 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Thamnasteria morean stony coral | |
Ovalastrea lobata Koby 1884 stony coral | |
"Calamophylliopsis stokesi" = Calamophylliopsis stockesi
"Calamophylliopsis stokesi" = Calamophylliopsis stockesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Heliocoenia orbignyi Roniewicz 1966 stony coral | |
unclassified | |
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754 | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 |