Carregueira, farm, Level 2 (Cretaceous of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (39.4° N, 8.4° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 2.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

• 3 m

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, yellow marl and lithified, gray, argillaceous limestone

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),

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

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 65855: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 26.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
 Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
Haplophragmoides sp. Cushman 1910
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Frondicularia sp. Defrance 1824
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
 Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Eocytheropteron sp. Alexander 1933 ostracod
 Podocopida -
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster