PBDB Collection

Alrota, Pteroceriano Formation, coral marls, Lisboa (Jurassic of Portugal)

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

• coral marls

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

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
Cidaroida -	Cidaroida indet. Cidaroida indet. Claus 1880 pencil urchin
Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae	Pseudocidaris lusitanicus Pseudocidaris lusitanicus sea urchin
Bryozoa
-	Bryozoa indet. Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpulidae indet. Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Bivalvia
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Lithophaga sp. Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
Pectinida - Limidae	Plagiostoma sp. Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Anomia sp. Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle
Ostreida - Pteriidae	Pteroperna sp. Pteroperna sp. Lycett 1850 pearl oyster
Ostreida - Malleidae	Isognomon (Rostroperna) sp. Isognomon (Rostroperna) sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, Praeexogyra pustulosa "Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster Praeexogyra pustulosa oyster
Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae	"Myophorella lusitanica" = Myophorella (Myophorella) lusitanica "Myophorella lusitanica" = Myophorella (Myophorella) lusitanica Sharpe 1900 clam
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae	Thamnasteria lobata, Thamnasteria gracilis Thamnasteria lobata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral Thamnasteria gracilis Münster 1826 stony coral
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	"Actinastrea ramulifera" = Stephanastrea ramulifera, Actinastrea ex gr. crassa, Actinastrea trochiformis "Actinastrea ramulifera" = Stephanastrea ramulifera Etallon 1864 stony coral Actinastrea ex gr. crassa stony coral Actinastrea trochiformis Michelin 1843 stony coral
Scleractinia - Comoseriidae	Polyphylloseris (Crateroseris) bellis Polyphylloseris (Crateroseris) bellis stony coral
Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae	Meandrophyllia (Meandrarea) bonanomii Meandrophyllia (Meandrarea) bonanomii stony coral
Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae	""Calamophyllia" crassa" = Calamophylliopsis crassa, ""Calamophyllia" (Calamoseris) flabellum" = Calamophylliopsis flabellum, ? Dermosmilia sp., ? Dermosmilia capitata ""Calamophyllia" crassa" = Calamophylliopsis crassa Koby 1884 stony coral ""Calamophyllia" (Calamoseris) flabellum" = Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral ? Dermosmilia sp. Koby 1884 stony coral ? Dermosmilia capitata Koby 1904 stony coral
Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae	"Calamophyllia" (Calamoseris) variabilis "Calamophyllia" (Calamoseris) variabilis stony coral
Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae	Amphiastrea gregoryi, Amphiastrea piriformis Amphiastrea gregoryi stony coral Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900 stony coral
Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae	Axosmilia cf. cuneata, ? Axosmilia (Blastosmilia) sp., Axosmilia caudata, Axosmilia crassa, Axosmilia carrapateirensis, Axosmilia cf. corallina Axosmilia cf. cuneata stony coral ? Axosmilia (Blastosmilia) sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral Axosmilia caudata Quenstedt 1881 stony coral Axosmilia crassa Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral Axosmilia carrapateirensis Koby 1904 stony coral Axosmilia cf. corallina Etallon 1859 stony coral
Scleractinia - Microsolenidae	Comoseris meandrinoides, "Meandrophyllia (Latimaeandraraea) helvelloides" = Comoseris helvelloides, Microsolena agariciformis Comoseris meandrinoides Michelin 1843 stony coral "Meandrophyllia (Latimaeandraraea) helvelloides" = Comoseris helvelloides Koby 1904 stony coral Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859 stony coral
Scleractinia - Latomeandridae	Ovalastrea gemmata, Ovalastrea sp., Ovalastrea cf. lobata, Ovalastrea cf. plicata, "Thamnasteria pseudarachnoides" = Fungiastraea pseudarachnoides, Microphyllia davidsoni Ovalastrea gemmata stony coral Ovalastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral Ovalastrea cf. lobata Koby 1884 stony coral Ovalastrea cf. plicata Koby 1904 stony coral "Thamnasteria pseudarachnoides" = Fungiastraea pseudarachnoides Becker 1875 stony coral Microphyllia davidsoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae	Montlivaltia obconica Montlivaltia obconica Münster 1829 stony coral
Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae	"Stylina (Convexastrea) sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata "Stylina (Convexastrea) sexradiata" = Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Scleractinia - Stylinidae	? Stylina delabechii, Stylina (Heliocoenia) choffati, Stylina (Convexastrea) stellata, Stylina tubulosa, Stylina girodi, Stylina (Convexastrea) lobata, Stylina aff. deluci ? Stylina delabechii stony coral Stylina (Heliocoenia) choffati stony coral Stylina (Convexastrea) stellata Etallon 1862 stony coral Stylina tubulosa Goldfuss 1829 stony coral Stylina girodi Etallon 1864 stony coral Stylina (Convexastrea) lobata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral Stylina aff. deluci Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860 stony coral
Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae	Cyathophora cesaredensis, Cyathophora bourgueti Cyathophora cesaredensis Koby 1904 stony coral Cyathophora bourgueti Defrance 1826 stony coral
unclassified
-	Porifera indet. Porifera indet. Grant 1836