Amendoeira II, Faro, Sao Romao Limestone: Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian, Portugal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Plagioeciidae
Plagioecia sp. Canu 1918
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerineidae indet. Zittel 1873
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Diceratidae
Diceratidae indet. Dall 1895
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea furcata (Etallon 1859)
Actinastrea crassoramosa (Michelin 1843)
Actinastrea ramulifera (Etallon 1864)
original and current combination Stephanastrea ramulifera
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Convexastrea minima (Etallon 1864)
recombined as Etallonasteria minima
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placophylliidae
Placophyllia cf. minima Geyer 1955
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia panasqueirensis Koby 1904
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Comoseris helvelloides (Koby 1904)
Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859
Microsolena exigua Koby 1887
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Pleurophyllia trichotoma de Fromentel 1856
Cheilosmilia emarginata (Koby 1888)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylosmilia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Enallhelia compressa (Münster 1829)
original and current combination Lithodendrum compressum
Stylina decipiens Etallon 1862
synonym of Adelocoenia pistillum
Stylina cotteaui de Fromentel 1861
Stylina girodi Etallon 1864
Stylina parcicosta Koby 1905
Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859
Stylohelia ursicina (Koby 1889)
Stromatoporoidea
Stromatoporina tornquisti (Deininger 1906)
Milleporidium variocellatum
Milleporidium formosum
Demospongiae - Axinellida - Cladocoropsidae
Cladocoropsis mirabilis Felix 1907
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Milleporellidae
Dehornella hydractinoides (Dehorne 1919)
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Solenoporaceae indet. Pia 1927
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal
Coordinates: 37.2° North, 8.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.3° North, 1.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval:157.90000 - 152.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sao Romao
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: intercalated in the upper part of the Peral Beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified marl
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: small bioherms and patches in lagoonal environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3482
Database number:68588
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-01-29 03:51:03 Last modified:2007-03-05 08:55:50
Access level:the public Released:2007-01-29 03:51:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
19775. 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]

Secondary references:

19784 D. U. Schmid and A. Jonischkeit. 1995. The Upper Jurassic Sao Romao Limestone (Algarve, Portugal): an isolated carbonate ramp. Profil 8:319-337 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]