Also known as Reef 504
Where: Portugal (37.1° N, 7.7° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 1.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cabeca Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian to Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 150.8 Ma)
• possibly including the Tavira Beds
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
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 68610: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 | |
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenoporaceae indet. Pia 1927 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Nubeculinella sp. Cushman 1930 | |
Demospongiae | |
Ptychochaetetes globosus demosponge | |
Actinostromaria tokadiensis Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 demosponge | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Milleporidium formosum stromatoporoid sponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Thamnasteria moreana d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral | |
"Convexastrea sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata
"Convexastrea sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Latomeandra plicata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral | |
"Calamophylliopsis stokesi" = Calamophylliopsis stockesi
"Calamophylliopsis stokesi" = Calamophylliopsis stockesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
Goniocora socialis, Proaplophyllia sexradiata, "Stylina cf. excelsa" = Adelocoenia excelsa, Stylosmilia michelini
Goniocora socialis Roemer 1836 stony coral
Proaplophyllia sexradiata Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
"Stylina cf. excelsa" = Adelocoenia excelsa Etallon 1858 stony coral
Stylosmilia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
"Pseudocoenia suboctonis" = Cryptocoenia castellum
"Pseudocoenia suboctonis" = Cryptocoenia castellum Michelin 1843 stony coral | |
Thecosmilia dichotoma Koby 1884 stony coral | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 |