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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ulvophyceae | |
Boueina sp. Toula 1883 | |
Foraminifera | |
Choffatella decipiens Schlumberger 1905 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839 | |
Nodosariata | |
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Foraminifera | |
Textulariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838 | |
Echinoidea | |
Nucleolites teixeirae n. sp., cf. Plagiochasma excentricum, Phyllobrissus aff. nicoleti, Phyllobrissus gresslyi
Nucleolites teixeirae n. sp. sea urchin
cf. Plagiochasma excentricum sea urchin
Phyllobrissus aff. nicoleti sea urchin
Phyllobrissus gresslyi Agassiz 1839 sea urchin | |
Heteraster sabugensis heart urchin
Heteraster corvensis heart urchin
Toxaster retusus Lamarck 1816 heart urchin | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Exogyra tuberculifera" = Ceratostreon tuberculiferum
"Exogyra tuberculifera" = Ceratostreon tuberculiferum Koch and Dunker 1837 oyster |