Where: Sergipe, Brazil (10.5° S, 37.5° W: paleocoordinates 16.6° S, 13.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Sergipe Group, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit of the "Sergipe Series", for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Early Turonian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From uknown position in local section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Brazilian Geological Survey. REPOSITORY: Brazilian Geological Survey.
Primary reference: C. J. Maury. 1936. Monographias do Servico Geologico E Mineralogico 11:1-283 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87858: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Neithea sergipensis White 1887 scallop | |
Lopha syphax Coquand 1854 oyster | |
"Exogyra haliotoidea" = Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) reticulata
"Exogyra haliotoidea" = Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) reticulata Reuss 1846 oyster | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Acanthoceras offarcinatum" = Douvilleiceras offarcinatum
"Acanthoceras offarcinatum" = Douvilleiceras offarcinatum White 1887 ammonite | |
"Pseudaspidoceras pedroanum" = Pseudaspidoceras footeanum
"Pseudaspidoceras pedroanum" = Pseudaspidoceras footeanum Stolickzka 1864 ammonite | |
"Vascoceras hartti" = Vascoceras harttii
"Vascoceras hartti" = Vascoceras harttii Hyatt 1870 ammonite | |
Echinoidea | |
"Hemiaster cedroensis" = Mecaster batnensis, "Hemiaster jacksoni" = Mecaster batnensis
"Hemiaster cedroensis" = Mecaster batnensis Coquand 1862 heart urchin
"Hemiaster jacksoni" = Mecaster batnensis Coquand 1862 heart urchin |