Moinho de Cotovio, Faro, Cabeca coral limestone (Jurassic of Portugal)

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

• coral-stromatoporoid wackestones and floatstones with boundstone patches

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

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Taxonomic list

Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Milleporellidae
Dehornella hydractinoides Dehorne 1919 demosponge
  -
 Hadromerida - Suberitidae
 Tetralithistida - Cylindrophymatidae
? Cylindrophyma sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
 Spirosclerophorida - Platychoniidae
Platychonia sp. Zittel 1878 demosponge
  -
Ptychochaetetes cf. peroni Fischer 1970 demosponge
Stromatoporoidea
  -
Cylicopsis florida stromatoporoid sponge
listed as Cycliopsis
Disparistromaria tenuissima stromatoporoid sponge
Milleporidium lusitanicum stromatoporoid sponge
Milleporidium variocellatum stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea bernensis Etallon 1864 stony coral
Montlivaltia obconica Münster 1829 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Stylina cf. excelsa" = Adelocoenia excelsa Etallon 1858 stony coral
"Pseudocoenia fromenteli" = Adelocoenia splendens de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Stylina tubulifera Phillips 1829 stony coral
Stylina cf. stellata Etallon 1862 stony coral
Stylina girodi Etallon 1864 stony coral
Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Heliocoenia orbignyi Roniewicz 1966 stony coral
Goniocora pumila Quenstedt 1852 stony coral
Goniocora socialis Roemer 1836 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Pleurophyllia trichotoma de Fromentel 1856 stony coral
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily