Almargem, Parada section, level 9c.: Aptian, Portugal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Hedbergellidae
Hedbergella sp.
Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textulariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
Cyclamminidae
Choffatella decipiens Schlumberger 1905
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Ophiuridae indet. Lyman 1865
Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae
Echinidae indet. Gray 1825
unclassified
Chordata indet. Haeckel 1874
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra boussingaulti d'Orbigny 1842
recombined as Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) boussingaulti
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea aff. palaemon
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Brachycytheridae
Macrodentina sp. n. sp.
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Eocytheropteron sp. (Alexander 1933)
original and current combination Cytheropteron (Eocytheropteron)
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Cythereis bartensteini
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal
Coordinates: 38.8° North, 9.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.2° North, 1.6° East
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Aptian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 3
Key time interval:Aptian
Age range of interval:121.40000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Marnes à Huîtres
Local section:Parada section Local bed:9c
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 12m
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green,yellow,blue poorly lithified marl
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:73547
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2007-06-19 08:23:38 Last modified:2007-06-19 11:23:38
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-19 08:23:38
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]