Amendoeira III, Faro, Sao Romao Limestone (Jurassic to of Portugal)

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 marl and lithified limestone

• small bioherms and patches in lagoonal environment

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 68589: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843
Demospongiae
  -
 Tabulospongida - Parastromatoporidae
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Stromatoporoidea
  -
Stromatoporina tornquisti Deininger 1906 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Comoseris kobyi Geyer 1955 stony coral
Comoseris minima Beauvais 1964 stony coral
Microsolena agariciformis Étallon 1859 stony coral
Dermoseris delgadoi Koby 1905 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Ovalastrea lobata Koby 1884 stony coral
Ovalastrea michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Thamnoseris etalloni Koby 1904 stony coral
Microphyllia undans Étallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Epistreptophyllum montis de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Epistreptophyllum tenue Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
Dermosmilia capitata Koby 1904 stony coral
Dermosmilia simplex Koby 1889 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina girodi Étallon 1859 stony coral
Stylina cf. anthemoides Meneghini 1880 stony coral
Stylina cf. stellata Etallon and Thurmann 1864 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia radisensis" = Adelocoenia radisensis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Stylosmilia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Heliocoenia variabilis Étallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Diplocoenia rotularis Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea crassoramosa Michelin 1843 stony coral
Actinastrea matheyi Koby 1885 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria moreana d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Stenolaemata
 Cyclostomata - Stomatoporidae
Stomatopora dichotoma Lamoureux 1821
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
"Lopha solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum
"Lopha solitaria" = Actinostreon gregareum Sowerby 1816 oyster
 Hippuritida - Diceratidae
Diceratidae indet. Dall 1895 rudist
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerineidae indet. Zittel 1873 snail