Also known as Reef 499
Where: Portugal (37.2° N, 7.9° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 1.0° 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 reef rocks
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 68594: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenoporaceae indet. Pia 1927 | |
Demospongiae | |
Actinostromaria tokadiensis Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 demosponge | |
? Blastochaetetes cf. ehrenbergi demosponge | |
? Cylindrophyma sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
? Hyalotragos sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
? Platychonia sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Stylosmilia michelini, "Stylina cf. excelsa" = Adelocoenia excelsa, Stylina girodi, Stylina parcicosta, Heliocoenia variabilis
Stylosmilia michelini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Stylina cf. excelsa" = Adelocoenia excelsa Etallon 1858 stony coral
Stylina girodi Etallon 1864 stony coral
Stylina parcicosta Koby 1905 stony coral
Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral | |
"Pseudocoenia suboctonis" = Cryptocoenia castellum
"Pseudocoenia suboctonis" = Cryptocoenia castellum Michelin 1843 stony coral | |
Actinaraea granulata Münster 1829 stony coral | |
Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral
Epistreptophyllum montis de Fromentel 1861 stony coral | |
Psammogyra choffati, Pruvostastraea labyrinthiformis, "Ogilvinella cf. elegans" = Placogyra elegans, Aplosmilia semisulcata
Psammogyra choffati Koby 1880 stony coral
Pruvostastraea labyrinthiformis Alloiteau 1957 stony coral
Aplosmilia semisulcata Michelin 1843 stony coral | |
Thamnasteria moreana d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral | |
Amphiastrea basaltiformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Aulastraea schaeferi Ogilvie 1897 stony coral | |
Dimorphastrea dubia, Fungiastraea moeschi, Fungiastraea arachnoides, Ovalastrea cf. plicata, Comophyllia corrugata
Dimorphastrea dubia Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Fungiastraea moeschi Koby 1887 stony coral
Fungiastraea arachnoides Parkinson 1808 stony coral
Ovalastrea cf. plicata Koby 1904 stony coral
Comophyllia corrugata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
unclassified | |
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754 | |
Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides | |
"Fungiastraea multicincta" = Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides
"Fungiastraea multicincta" = Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides Becker 1875 |