Mucuri 7, Sergipe: Early/Lower Coniacian, Brazil
collected by P. Bengtson, S. Bengtson 1971-1972
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna cretacea
(Schlotheim 1813)
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Platecarpus sp.
Cope 1869
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Bengtson and Lindgren 2005 | |||||||||
MN 6941-V, isolated marginal tooth-crown | ||||||||||
Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Hemiasteridae
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Mecaster fourneli
(Agassiz and Dessor 1847)
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Smith and Bengtson 1991 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Brazil |
Coordinates: | 10.9° South, 37.2° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 16.8° South, 14.1° West |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Coniacian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Coniacian | ||
Age range of interval: | 89.30000 - 85.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Cotinguiba | Member: | Sapucari |
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | massive,white,yellow lithified cherty/siliceous "limestone" |
Lithology description: Massive, cream to yellowish Laranjeiras limestones with chert nodules | |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | P. Bengtson, S. Bengtson | Collection dates: | 1971-1972 |
Metadata
Database number: | 126912 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Aberhan, M. Clapham | Enterer: | D. Wellmanns, M. Clapham |
Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-04-19 21:50:37 | Last modified: | 2018-08-20 13:17:11 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-04-19 21:50:37 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
41195. | J. Seeling and P. Bengtson. 2003. The bivalve Pinna cretacea (Schlotheim, 1813) from the Cretaceous of Brazil. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(3):475-480 [M. Aberhan/D. Wellmanns/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
46156 | P. Bengtson and J. Lindgren. 2005. First record of the mosasaur Platecarpus Cope, 1869 from South America and its systematic implications. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 8(1):5-12 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/S. Nurnberg] | |
66549 | A. B. Smith and P. Bengtson. 1991. Cretaceous echinoids from north-eastern Brazil. Fossils and Strata 31:1-88 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |