PBDB Collection

Sao Bras de Alportel, Faro, Cabeca coral limestone (Jurassic of Portugal)

Also known as Reef 499

Where: Portugal (37.2° N, 7.9° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 1.0° 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 reef rocks

• coral-stromatoporoid boundstones/wackestones

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 68594: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Echinodermata indet. Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Bivalvia
-	Bivalvia indet. Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Demospongiae
Spirosclerophorida - Platychoniidae	? Platychonia sp. ? Platychonia sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
Spirosclerophorida - Discostromatidae	? Hyalotragos sp. ? Hyalotragos sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
Tetralithistida - Cylindrophymatidae	? Cylindrophyma sp. ? Cylindrophyma sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
Agelasida - Actinostromariidae	Actinostromaria tokadiensis Actinostromaria tokadiensis Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 demosponge
-	? Blastochaetetes cf. ehrenbergi ? Blastochaetetes cf. ehrenbergi demosponge
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae	Aulastraea schaeferi, Amphiastrea basaltiformis Aulastraea schaeferi Ogilvie 1897 stony coral Amphiastrea basaltiformis Étallon 1859 stony coral
Scleractinia - Latomeandridae	Comophyllia corrugata, Dimorphastrea dubia, Ovalastrea cf. plicata, Fungiastraea moeschi, Fungiastraea arachnoides Comophyllia corrugata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral Dimorphastrea dubia Fromentel 1861 stony coral Ovalastrea cf. plicata Koby 1904 stony coral Fungiastraea moeschi Koby 1887 stony coral Fungiastraea arachnoides Parkinson 1808 stony coral
Scleractinia - Stylinidae	Stylina girodi, Stylina cf. excelsa, Stylina parcicosta, Heliocoenia variabilis, Stylosmilia michelini Stylina girodi Étallon 1859 stony coral Stylina cf. excelsa Étallon 1859 stony coral Stylina parcicosta Koby 1905 stony coral Heliocoenia variabilis Étallon 1859 stony coral Stylosmilia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae	"Pseudocoenia suboctonis" = Cryptocoenia castellum "Pseudocoenia suboctonis" = Cryptocoenia castellum Michelin 1844 stony coral
Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae	Pruvostastraea labyrinthiformis, Aplosmilia semisulcata, Psammogyra choffati, "Ogilvinella cf. elegans" = Placogyra elegans Pruvostastraea labyrinthiformis Alloiteau 1957 stony coral Aplosmilia semisulcata Michelin 1843 stony coral Psammogyra choffati Koby 1881 stony coral "Ogilvinella cf. elegans" = Placogyra elegans Eliasova 1973 stony coral listed as Ogilviella
Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae	Actinaraea granulata Actinaraea granulata Muenster 1829 stony coral
Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae	Epistreptophyllum montis, Calamophylliopsis flabellum Epistreptophyllum montis de Fromentel 1861 stony coral Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral
Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae	Thamnasteria moreana Thamnasteria moreana d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Rhodophyceae
- Solenoporaceae	Solenoporaceae indet. Solenoporaceae indet. Pia 1927
Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides
-	"Fungiastraea multicincta" = Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides "Fungiastraea multicincta" = Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides Becker 1875