Porto dos Barcos (Cretaceous of Brazil)

Where: Sergipe, Brazil (10.5° S, 37.5° W: paleocoordinates 15.4° S, 8.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Middle Albian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From uknown position in local section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Brazilian Geological Survey. REPOSITORY: Brazilian Geological Survey.

Primary reference: C. J. Maury. 1936. Monographias do Servico Geologico E Mineralogico 11:1-283 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87861: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonites, bivalves, and gastropods. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature, but with some species-resolution identification where possible.
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Puzosia bistricta White 1887 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
"Acanthoceras offarcinatum" = Douvilleiceras offarcinatum
"Acanthoceras offarcinatum" = Douvilleiceras offarcinatum White 1887 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo portentus White 1887 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tylostomatidae
Tylostoma minimum White 1887 snail
Tylostoma whitei Ihering 1907 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira sergipensis n. sp. Maury 1936 moon snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Lyosoma squamosa n. sp. White 1887 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sergipensis Maury 1936 jingle
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Acesta) sp." = Acesta, Lima (Mantellum) sergipica
"Lima (Acesta) sp." = Acesta Adams and Adams 1858 file clam
Lima (Mantellum) sergipica Maury 1936 file clam
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
"Neithea quadricostata" = Neithea regularis
"Neithea quadricostata" = Neithea regularis Schlotheim 1813 scallop
SUBSPECIES: Neithea quadricostata lastroensis
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervilleia dissita White 1887 oyster
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria infelix White 1887 pearl oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiola decliva White 1887 mussel
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
"Homomya profunda" = Liopistha ligeriensis
"Homomya profunda" = Liopistha ligeriensis d'Orbigny 1845 clam
 Cardiida - Glossidae
Isocardia branneri White 1887 clam
Isocardia praecisa White 1887 clam
Isocardia coutinhoana White 1887 clam
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
Trapezium insepultum White 1887 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae "indet. A" Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
Veneridae "indet. B" Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea rathbuni White 1887 clam
Panopea brasiliensis White 1887 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia coqueiroensis Maury 1936 clam