Calhau do Corvo, Sintra Massif, calcaires récifaux, Level 6 (Cretaceous of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (38.8° N, 9.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.5° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Calcaires récifaux Formation, Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

• 25 m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, gray, calcareous marl

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 65876: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 26.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Boueina sp. Toula 1883
Foraminifera
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
Choffatella decipiens Schlumberger 1905
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textulariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
 Lituolida - Ammobaculinidae
Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Nucleolites teixeirae n. sp. sea urchin
Phyllobrissus gresslyi Agassiz 1839 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Heteraster corvensis heart urchin
Toxaster retusus Lamarck 1816 heart urchin
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra tuberculifera" = Ceratostreon tuberculiferum
"Exogyra tuberculifera" = Ceratostreon tuberculiferum Koch and Dunker 1837 oyster