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

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Stomatoporidae
Stomatopora dichotoma (Lamoureux 1821)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerineidae indet. Zittel 1873
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Trichites saussurei
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
Lopha solitaria (Sowerby 1824)
synonym of Actinostreon gregareum
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Diceratidae
Diceratidae indet. Dall 1895
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria moreana (d'Orbigny 1850)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea crassoramosa (Michelin 1843)
Actinastrea matheyi (Koby 1885)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Diplocoenia rotularis (Michelin 1843)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Epistreptophyllum tenue Milaschewitsch 1876
Epistreptophyllum montis (de Fromentel 1861)
Dermosmilia capitata (Koby 1904)
Dermosmilia simplex Koby 1889
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dermoseris delgadoi Koby 1905
Comoseris kobyi Geyer 1955
Comoseris minima Beauvais 1964
Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Ovalastrea michelini (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
Ovalastrea lobata (Koby 1884)
Thamnoseris etalloni Koby 1904
Microphyllia undans Etallon 1859
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859
Pseudocoenia radisensis (d'Orbigny 1850)
recombined as Adelocoenia radisensis
Stylina cf. stellata Etallon 1862
Stylina cf. anthemoides Meneghini 1880
Stylina girodi Etallon 1864
Stylosmilia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Stromatoporoidea
Stromatoporina tornquisti (Deininger 1906)
Demospongiae
? Blastochaetetes cf. ehrenbergi
Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Suberitidae
Chaetetopsis krimholzi
Demospongiae - Tabulospongida - Parastromatoporidae
Hudsonella lucensis
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinaceae
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
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 marl
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
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:68589
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-01-29 04:39:03 Last modified:2007-03-05 08:56:59
Access level:the public Released:2007-01-29 04:39:03
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]