Sao Bras de Alportel, Faro, Cabeca coral limestone (Jurassic of Portugal)

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

• coral-stromatoporoid boundstones/wackestones

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

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Taxonomic list

Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Actinostromariidae
Actinostromaria tokadiensis Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 demosponge
  -
 Tetralithistida - Cylindrophymatidae
? Cylindrophyma sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Discostromatidae
? Hyalotragos sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Platychoniidae
? Platychonia sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
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
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
"Pseudocoenia suboctonis" = Cryptocoenia castellum
"Pseudocoenia suboctonis" = Cryptocoenia castellum Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Actinaraea granulata Münster 1829 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral
Epistreptophyllum montis de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Psammogyra choffati Koby 1880 stony coral
Pruvostastraea labyrinthiformis Alloiteau 1957 stony coral
"Ogilvinella cf. elegans" = Placogyra elegans Eliasova 1973 stony coral
listed as Ogilviella
Aplosmilia semisulcata Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria moreana d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea basaltiformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Aulastraea schaeferi Ogilvie 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
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
  -
Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides
  -
"Fungiastraea multicincta" = Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides
"Fungiastraea multicincta" = Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides Becker 1875