Sao Bras de Alportel, Faro, Cabeca coral limestone: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian, Portugal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Echinodermata indet.
Klein 1754
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhipidogyridae
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Pruvostastraea labyrinthiformis
Alloiteau 1957
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Psammogyra choffati
(Koby 1880)
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Ogilvinella cf. elegans
Eliasova 1973
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| recombined as Placogyra elegans | ||||||||||
| listed as Ogilviella | ||||||||||
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Aplosmilia semisulcata
(Michelin 1843)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Thamnasteriidae
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Thamnasteria moreana
(d'Orbigny 1850)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Haplaraeidae
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Actinaraea granulata
(Münster 1829)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dermosmiliidae
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Calamophylliopsis flabellum
(de Blainville 1830)
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Epistreptophyllum montis
(de Fromentel 1861)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Amphiastreidae
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Aulastraea schaeferi
Ogilvie 1897
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Amphiastrea basaltiformis
Etallon 1859
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Latomeandridae
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Ovalastrea cf. plicata
(Koby 1904)
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Fungiastraea moeschi
(Koby 1887)
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Fungiastraea arachnoides
(Parkinson 1808)
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Comophyllia corrugata
(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849)
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Dimorphastrea dubia
Fromentel 1861
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Stylinidae
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Heliocoenia variabilis
Etallon 1859
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Stylina cf. excelsa
Etallon 1858
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| recombined as Adelocoenia excelsa | ||||||||||
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Stylina girodi
Etallon 1864
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Stylina parcicosta
Koby 1905
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Stylosmilia michelini
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Cyathophoridae
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Pseudocoenia suboctonis
d'Orbigny 1850
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| synonym of Cryptocoenia castellum | ||||||||||
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Demospongiae
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? Blastochaetetes cf. ehrenbergi
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Demospongiae
- Tetralithistida
- Cylindrophymatidae
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? Cylindrophyma sp.
Zittel 1878
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Leinfelder et al. 1993 | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Spirosclerophorida
- Discostromatidae
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? Hyalotragos sp.
Zittel 1878
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Leinfelder et al. 1993 | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Spirosclerophorida
- Platychoniidae
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? Platychonia sp.
Zittel 1878
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Leinfelder et al. 1993 | |||||||||
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Actinostromariidae
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Actinostromaria tokadiensis
(Yabe and Sugiyama 1935)
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Rhodophyceae
- Solenoporaceae
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Solenoporaceae indet.
Pia 1927
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unclassified
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Fungiastraea multicincta
(Koby 1904)
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| synonym of Fungiastraea pseudarachnoides | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Portugal |
| Coordinates: | 37.2° North, 7.9° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.1° North, 1.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 154.80000 - 152.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cabeca |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "reef rocks" |
| Lithology description: coral-stromatoporoid boundstones/wackestones | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
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 499 | ||
| Database number: | 68594 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-01-29 07:57:59 | Last modified: | 2007-03-05 09:03:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-01-29 07:57:59 |
| 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:
| 19614 | R. R. Leinfelder, M. Krautter, M. Nose, M. M. Ramalho, and W. Werner. 1993. Siliceous sponge facies from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 189:199-254 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |