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
Pinna cretacea (Schlotheim 1813)
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Platecarpus sp. Cope 1869
Bengtson and Lindgren 2005
MN 6941-V, isolated marginal tooth-crown
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Mecaster fourneli (Agassiz and Dessor 1847)
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]