Sample 118, Bed 38, Brenha Fm, Maria Pares Hill, Zambujal: Spinatum, Portugal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda - Myodocopida - Polycopidae
Polycope sp.
8 specimens
Polycope cincinnata Apostolescu 1959
10 specimens
Polycope pumicosa Apostolescu 1959
1 specimen
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia molesta Apostolescu 1959
2 specimens
Bairdiacypris triangularis
8 specimens
Bairdia hahni Lord and Mooney 1974
12 specimens
recombined as Ptychobairdia hahni
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Pontocyprididae
Liasina vestibulifera Gramann 1963
5 specimens
Liasina lanceolata (Apostolescu 1959)
76 specimens
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Candonidae
Paracypris sp. Sars 1866
1 specimen
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Sigilliidae
Cardobairdia informal sp. K van den Bold 1960
11 specimens
Cardobairdia sp. K (sensu Apostolescu)
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Healdiidae
Ogmoconchella aequalis (Herrig 1969)
1 specimen
Ogmoconcha convexa
100 specimens
Ogmoconcha inflata
28 specimens
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Progonocytheridae
Kinkelinella tenuicostata
12 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 8.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.2° North, 2.9° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Pliensbachian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 2
Key time interval:Spinatum
Age range of interval:192.90000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Brenha
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: sample from spinatum ammonite zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Lithology description: buff marl
Environment:basinal (carbonate)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),chemical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: assemblage based on 100 g dry weight of sample
Taxonomic list comments:abundances record total number of valves (1 carpace = 2)
Metadata
Database number:33470
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-07-31 10:48:35 Last modified:2014-07-19 19:31:45
Access level:the public Released:2003-07-31 10:48:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8881. I. Boomer, N.R. Ainsworth, and J. Exton. 1998. A re-examination of the Pliensbachian and Toarcian Ostracoda of Zambujal, west-central Portugal. Journal of Micropalaeontology 17(1):1-14 [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou]