Also known as Reef 499
Where: Portugal (37.1° N, 8.2° W: paleocoordinates 31.2° N, 0.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-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: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 68586: 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 | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Anthozoa | |
"Stylina cf. excelsa" = Adelocoenia excelsa, "Pseudocoenia fromenteli" = Adelocoenia splendens, Heliocoenia variabilis, Heliocoenia orbignyi, Stylina tubulifera, Stylina girodi, Stylina cf. stellata, Goniocora socialis, Goniocora pumila
"Stylina cf. excelsa" = Adelocoenia excelsa Etallon 1858 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia fromenteli" = Adelocoenia splendens de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Heliocoenia orbignyi Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
Stylina tubulifera Phillips 1829 stony coral
Stylina girodi Etallon 1864 stony coral
Stylina cf. stellata Etallon 1862 stony coral
Goniocora socialis Roemer 1836 stony coral
Goniocora pumila Quenstedt 1852 stony coral | |
Isastrea bernensis Etallon 1864 stony coral
Montlivaltia obconica Münster 1829 stony coral | |
Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Pleurophyllia trichotoma de Fromentel 1856 stony coral | |
Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859 stony coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Disparistromaria tenuissima, Milleporidium lusitanicum, Milleporidium variocellatum, Cylicopsis florida
Disparistromaria tenuissima stromatoporoid sponge
Milleporidium lusitanicum stromatoporoid sponge
Milleporidium variocellatum stromatoporoid sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
? Blastochaetetes cf. ehrenbergi demosponge
Ptychochaetetes cf. peroni Fischer 1970 demosponge | |
? Cylindrophyma sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
Platychonia sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge | |
Chaetetopsis krimholzi demosponge | |
Shuqraia heybroecki demosponge
Dehornella hydractinoides Dehorne 1919 demosponge |