Brouco, level 3 (Cretaceous of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (38.8° N, 9.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 1.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

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

• 14m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified grainstone

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 73151: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 05.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Foraminifera
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textulariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838