Barreiro buildup (BAR-4), Setubal (Jurassic to of Portugal)

Also known as Reef 2753

Where: Portugal (38.7° N, 9.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oxfordian to Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified wackestone

• The Barreiro buildup represents a coral-rich structure capped by spicule-rich Tubiphytes wackestones and sponge-bearing thrombolites.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. Termier, H. Termier, and M. Ramalho. 1985. Spongiofaunes du Jurassique Superieur du Portugal. Comunicacoes dos Servicos Geologicos de Portugal 71(2):197-222 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68245: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.01.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Sphaerocoeliidae
Thalamopora lusitanica Termier et al. 1985 calcareous sponge
Demospongiae
 Axinellida - Neuroporidae
  - Burgundiidae
Burgundia trinorchii Dehorne 1916 demosponge
Stromatoporoidea
  -
Astrostylopsis circoporea Germovsek 1954 stromatoporoid sponge
Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
Insecta
 Neuroptera - Sisyridae
Neuropora lusitanica Termier et al. 1985 spongillafly