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 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 68588: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Plagioecia sp. Canu 1918 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Gastropoda | |
Nerineidae indet. Zittel 1873 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Diceratidae indet. Dall 1895 rudist | |
Anthozoa | |
Placophyllia cf. minima Geyer 1955 stony coral | |
"Actinastrea ramulifera" = Stephanastrea ramulifera Etallon 1864 stony coral
Actinastrea crassoramosa Michelin 1843 stony coral
Actinastrea furcata Etallon 1859 stony coral | |
"Convexastrea minima" = Etallonasteria minima
"Convexastrea minima" = Etallonasteria minima Etallon 1864 stony coral | |
Cheilosmilia emarginata Koby 1888 stony coral
Pleurophyllia trichotoma de Fromentel 1856 stony coral | |
Comoseris helvelloides Koby 1904 stony coral
Microsolena exigua Koby 1887 stony coral
Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859 stony coral | |
Thecosmilia panasqueirensis Koby 1904 stony coral | |
Heliocoenia variabilis, "Stylina decipiens" = Adelocoenia pistillum, Stylohelia ursicina, Stylina girodi, Stylina parcicosta, Stylina cotteaui, Enallhelia compressa, Stylosmilia michelini
Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral
"Stylina decipiens" = Adelocoenia pistillum Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Stylohelia ursicina Koby 1889 stony coral
Stylina girodi Etallon 1864 stony coral
Stylina parcicosta Koby 1905 stony coral
Stylina cotteaui de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Enallhelia compressa Münster 1829 stony coral
Stylosmilia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatoporina tornquisti Deininger 1906 stromatoporoid sponge
Milleporidium variocellatum stromatoporoid sponge
Milleporidium formosum stromatoporoid sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Dehornella hydractinoides Dehorne 1919 demosponge | |
Cladocoropsis mirabilis Felix 1907 demosponge | |
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenoporaceae indet. Pia 1927 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843 |