Calhau do Corvo, High reef limestones, level 8. (Cretaceous of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (38.8° N, 9.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 1.4° E)

When: Calcaires récifaux supérieurs Formation, Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

• 4m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified grainstone

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 73521: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 19.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Orbitolinacea - Orbitolinidae
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Monopleuridae
Monopleura sp. Matheron 1842 rudist
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerineidae indet. Zittel 1873 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail