Brouco, Suimo, level 3: Valanginian, Portugal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha rectangularis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra couloni
Trocholinidae
Trocholina sp. Paalzow 1922
Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Astraeidae
Montlivaultia sp. (Lamouroux 1821)
original and current combination Montlivaltia
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal
Coordinates: 38.8° North, 9.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.8° North, 0.8° 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 - 132.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Brouco Local bed:3
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 0.8 m
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown lithified sandy "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:65720
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-09-25 01:30:01 Last modified:2006-09-25 04:30:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-25 01:30:00
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]