Moinho Velho: Early Kimmeridgian, Portugal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae
Rhipidogyra sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Microsolenidae indet. Koby 1890
Pharetronida
Pharetronida indet. Zittel 1878
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Milleporellidae
Dehornella sp. Lecompte 1952
Demospongiae - Agelasida
Sobralispongia densespiculata n. gen., n. sp. Schmid and Werner 2005
Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Bryozoa
Bryozoa indet. (Ehrenberg 1831)
unclassified
Tubiphytes morronensis Crescenti 1969
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal
Coordinates: 39.0° North, 9.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.2° North, 1.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5
Key time interval: Early Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval: 154.8 - 152.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Abadia
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: uppermost Abadia beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Environment:deep subtidal ramp
Geology comments: middle-ramp setting influenced by fine siliciclastic sediment input
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:114667
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-08-18 22:38:13 Last modified:2011-08-18 08:38:13
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-18 22:38:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
37140. D. U. Schmid and W. Werner. 2005. Sobralispongia densespiculata, a new coralline sponge from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal. Geobios 38:653-666 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]