Calhau do Corvo, Sintra Massif, Marnes à Toxaster, Level 2: Hauterivian, Portugal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textulariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
Bivalvia - Aviculidae
Avicula carteroni
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha rectangularis
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Terebratula acuta Sowerby 1816
recombined as Homoeorhynchia acuta
Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Magnosia camarensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal
Coordinates: 38.8° North, 9.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.5° North, 1.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Hauterivian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2
Key time interval:Hauterivian
Age range of interval:132.60000 - 125.77000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Marnes à Toxaster
Local section:Calhau do Corvo Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 2 m
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown lithified marl
Secondary lithology:concretionary 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:65859
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Modifier:L. Villier Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-09-26 01:18:15 Last modified:2006-09-26 04:50:01
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-26 01:18:15
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]