Also known as Reef 485

Where: Portugal (39.1° N, 9.0° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 1.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Tentative age based on microfossils seen in thin sections. No correlation with ammonite zones possible. Probably extending down into Oxfordian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: mechanical, peel or thin section,

• Includes the mollusk-dominated association

Primary reference: R. R. Leinfelder. 1992. A modern-type Kimmeridgian reef (Ota Limestone, Portugal): implications for Jurassic reef models. Facies 26:11-34 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25329: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 09.09.2002

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