Northern side of synclinal of Pero Pinheiro, level 3a. (Cretaceous of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (38.9° N, 9.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 1.2° E)

When: Calcaires à Rudistes de Praia dos Coxos Formation, Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

• 2m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, yellow, sandy 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 73318: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 12.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
 Lituolacea - Nautiloculinidae
Nautiloculina sp. Mohler 1938
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Echinidae
Echinidae indet. Gray 1825 sea urchin
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Requieniidae
Requienia sp. Matheron 1842 rudist
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerineidae indet. Zittel 1873 snail
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella irregularis Radoicic 1959
Lithocodium aggregatum
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