Where: Portugal (38.9° N, 9.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 1.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: upper Member (Pteroceriano Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)
• "Alrota Limestones"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. R. Leinfelder. 1986. Facies, stratigraphy and paleogeographic analysis of Upper? Kimmeridgian to Upper Portlandian sediments in the environs of Arruda dos Vinhos, Estremadura, Portugal. Muenchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, A 7:1-215 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 68239: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.01.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Cidaroida indet. Claus 1880 pencil urchin | |
Pseudocidaris lusitanicus sea urchin | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Myophorella lusitanica" = Myophorella (Myophorella) lusitanica
"Myophorella lusitanica" = Myophorella (Myophorella) lusitanica Sharpe 1900 clam | |
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, Praeexogyra pustulosa
"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Praeexogyra pustulosa oyster | |
Pteroperna sp. Lycett 1850 pearl oyster | |
Isognomon (Rostroperna) sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel | |
unclassified | |
Porifera indet. Grant 1836 | |
Anthozoa | |
"Stylina (Convexastrea) sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata
"Stylina (Convexastrea) sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Montlivaltia obconica Münster 1829 stony coral | |
Meandrophyllia (Meandrarea) bonanomii stony coral | |
"Calamophyllia" (Calamoseris) variabilis stony coral | |
""Calamophyllia" (Calamoseris) flabellum" = Calamophylliopsis flabellum, ""Calamophyllia" crassa" = Calamophylliopsis crassa, ? Dermosmilia sp., ? Dermosmilia capitata
""Calamophyllia" (Calamoseris) flabellum" = Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral
""Calamophyllia" crassa" = Calamophylliopsis crassa Koby 1884 stony coral
? Dermosmilia sp. Koby 1884 stony coral
? Dermosmilia capitata Koby 1904 stony coral | |
? Stylina delabechii, Stylina (Heliocoenia) choffati, Stylina girodi, Stylina tubulosa, Stylina (Convexastrea) lobata, Stylina aff. deluci, Stylina (Convexastrea) stellata
? Stylina delabechii stony coral
Stylina (Heliocoenia) choffati stony coral
Stylina girodi Etallon 1864 stony coral
Stylina tubulosa Goldfuss 1829 stony coral
Stylina (Convexastrea) lobata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Stylina aff. deluci Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Stylina (Convexastrea) stellata Etallon 1862 stony coral | |
Cyathophora bourgueti Defrance 1826 stony coral
Cyathophora cesaredensis Koby 1904 stony coral | |
Actinastrea ex gr. crassa, Actinastrea trochiformis, "Actinastrea ramulifera" = Stephanastrea ramulifera
Actinastrea ex gr. crassa stony coral
Actinastrea trochiformis Michelin 1843 stony coral
"Actinastrea ramulifera" = Stephanastrea ramulifera Etallon 1864 stony coral | |
Thamnasteria lobata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Thamnasteria gracilis Münster 1826 stony coral | |
Amphiastrea gregoryi stony coral
Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral | |
Axosmilia cf. cuneata, ? Axosmilia (Blastosmilia) sp., Axosmilia cf. corallina, Axosmilia caudata, Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia carrapateirensis
Axosmilia cf. cuneata stony coral
? Axosmilia (Blastosmilia) sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Axosmilia cf. corallina Etallon 1859 stony coral
Axosmilia caudata Quenstedt 1881 stony coral
Axosmilia crassa Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
Axosmilia carrapateirensis Koby 1904 stony coral | |
Polyphylloseris (Crateroseris) bellis stony coral | |
Ovalastrea gemmata, Ovalastrea sp., Ovalastrea cf. plicata, Ovalastrea cf. lobata, "Thamnasteria pseudarachnoides" = Fungiastraea pseudarachnoides, Microphyllia davidsoni
Ovalastrea gemmata stony coral
Ovalastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Ovalastrea cf. plicata Koby 1904 stony coral
Ovalastrea cf. lobata Koby 1884 stony coral
"Thamnasteria pseudarachnoides" = Fungiastraea pseudarachnoides Becker 1875 stony coral
Microphyllia davidsoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral | |
Microsolena agariciformis, Comoseris meandrinoides, "Meandrophyllia (Latimaeandraraea) helvelloides" = Comoseris helvelloides
Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Comoseris meandrinoides Michelin 1843 stony coral
"Meandrophyllia (Latimaeandraraea) helvelloides" = Comoseris helvelloides Koby 1904 stony coral |