Also known as Reef 499

Where: Portugal (37.1° N, 7.8° W: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cabeca Formation, Early/Lower Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

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 68600: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.01.2007

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