Also known as Reef 499
Where: Portugal (37.1° N, 7.9° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° 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 68599: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Placophyllia rugosa Becker 1875 stony coral | |
Thamnasteria moreana d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral | |
"Calamophylliopsis stokesi" = Calamophylliopsis stockesi, Dermosmilia cf. dobrogeana
"Calamophylliopsis stokesi" = Calamophylliopsis stockesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Dermosmilia cf. dobrogeana Roniewicz 1976 stony coral | |
"Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa
"Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870 stony coral | |
Goniocora socialis Roemer 1836 stony coral
Stylosmilia cf. octonaria Roniewicz 1976 stony coral |