Adanaia, Sobral Formation, coral patch reef, Lisboa (Jurassic of Portugal)

Also known as Reef 2761

Where: Portugal (38.9° N, 9.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sobral Formation, Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• Late Upper Kimmeridgian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• 3 m thick coral patch reef

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 68241: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora cesaredensis Koby 1904 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
"Convexastrea stellata" = Diplocoenia stellata
"Convexastrea stellata" = Diplocoenia stellata Etallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
"? Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa
"? Thecosmilia trichotoma" = Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
""Calamophyllia" flabellum" = Calamophylliopsis flabellum
""Calamophyllia" flabellum" = Calamophylliopsis flabellum de Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae
Axosmilia carrapateirensis Koby 1904 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Thamnasteria pseudarachnoides" = Fungiastraea pseudarachnoides
"Thamnasteria pseudarachnoides" = Fungiastraea pseudarachnoides Becker 1875 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859 stony coral