Also known as Reef 3482
Where: Portugal (37.2° N, 8.0° W: paleocoordinates 31.3° N, 1.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• 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
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 68614: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Inoperna perplicata Etallon 1863 mussel | |
Lopha sp. Röding 1798 oyster | |
Ceratomya excentrica Roemer 1836 clam | |
Diceratidae indet. Dall 1895 rudist | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Anthozoa | |
"Pseudocoenia radisensis" = Adelocoenia radisensis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Goniocora socialis Roemer 1836 stony coral | |
Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Comoseris meandrinoides Michelin 1843 stony coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatoporina tornquisti, Milleporidium lusitanicum, Milleporidium variocellatum, Milleporidium formosum
Stromatoporina tornquisti Deininger 1906 stromatoporoid sponge
Milleporidium lusitanicum stromatoporoid sponge
Milleporidium variocellatum stromatoporoid sponge
Milleporidium formosum stromatoporoid sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Parastromatopora japonica demosponge
Dehornella hydractinoides Dehorne 1919 demosponge
Dehornella choffati Dehorne 1917 demosponge
Dehornella crustans Hudson 1960 demosponge | |
Hudsonella lucensis demosponge | |
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816 | |
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenoporaceae indet. Pia 1927 | |
Foraminifera | |
Tubothalamea | |
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839 |