Mexilhoeira, Cascais area, level 1 (Cretaceous of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (38.7° N, 9.4° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

• 1 m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, yellow limestone

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. Rey. 1972. Recherches géologiques sur le Crétacé inférieur de l'Estremadura (Portugal). Serviços Geologicos de Portugal 21:1-477 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 65729: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 25.09.2006, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida -
 Terebratulida -
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite
 Belemnitida - Duvaliidae
Duvalia sp. Bayle 1878 belemnite
 Nautilida -
"Nautilitaceae indet." = Nautiloidea
"Nautilitaceae indet." = Nautiloidea de Blainville 1825 nautiloid
 Ammonitida - Haploceratidae
"Neolissoceras grasi" = Haploceras grasianum
"Neolissoceras grasi" = Haploceras grasianum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras aff. juilleti d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Crioceratitidae
"Crioceratites ex gr. duvali" = Crioceratites duvalii
"Crioceratites ex gr. duvali" = Crioceratites duvalii Léveillé 1837 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
""Neocomites" ex gr. nodosoplicatus" = Lyticoceras nodosoplicatum
""Neocomites" ex gr. nodosoplicatus" = Lyticoceras nodosoplicatum Kilian and Reboul 1915 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae
Spitidiscus ex gr. rotula Sowerby 1827 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
Olcostephanus sp. Neumayr 1875 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
Astraeidae
  - Astraeidae
"Montlivaultia sp." = Montlivaltia
"Montlivaultia sp." = Montlivaltia Lamouroux 1821