Tavira, Faro, Cabeca coral limestone (Jurassic to of Portugal)

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

• coral-stromatoporoid biostromes

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

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Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet.
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenoporaceae indet.
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubeculinella sp.
Nubeculinella sp. Cushman 1930
Demospongiae
  -
Ptychochaetetes globosus
 Agelasida - Actinostromariidae
Actinostromaria tokadiensis
Actinostromaria tokadiensis Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 demosponge
Stromatoporoidea
  -
Milleporidium formosum
Milleporidium formosum stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria moreana
Thamnasteria moreana d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae
"Convexastrea sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata
"Convexastrea sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Latomeandra plicata
Latomeandra plicata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea piriformis
Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
"Calamophylliopsis stokesi" = Calamophylliopsis stockesi
"Calamophylliopsis stokesi" = Calamophylliopsis stockesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
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
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
"Pseudocoenia suboctonis" = Cryptocoenia castellum
"Pseudocoenia suboctonis" = Cryptocoenia castellum Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia dichotoma
Thecosmilia dichotoma Koby 1884 stony coral
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835