Zambujeiro, E of Aldeia de Juzo, level 10b: Valanginian, Portugal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cyclamminidae
Pseudocyclammina lituus (Yokoyama 1890)
Trocholinidae
Trocholina elongata
Trocholina alpina
Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra couloni
Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Pygopyrina incisa
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Toxaster aff. subcavatus
Astraeidae
Montlivaultia sp. (Lamouroux 1821)
original and current combination Montlivaltia
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal
Coordinates: 38.7° North, 9.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.8° North, 0.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Valanginian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 1
Key time interval:Valanginian
Age range of interval:139.80000 - 132.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Zambujeiro Local bed:10b
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 2.5 m
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:65702
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Modifier:L. Villier Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-09-25 00:48:08 Last modified:2006-09-25 03:50:36
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-25 00:48:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18719. J. Rey. 1972. Recherches géologiques sur le Crétacé inférieur de l'Estremadura (Portugal). Serviços Geologicos de Portugal 21:1-477 [L. Villier/L. Villier]