Where: Portugal (38.7° N, 9.4° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 0.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)
• 0.8 m
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, yellow, 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 65675: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 24.09.2006, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Rhabdocidaris tuberosa pencil urchin
Rhabdocidaris cascaesensis pencil urchin | |
Holectypus almeidae sea urchin
cf. Holectypus minutus sea urchin | |
Collyropsis ovulum sea urchin | |
? Heterodiadema arrabidense n. sp.
? Heterodiadema arrabidense n. sp. sea urchin | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratulida indet. Waagen 1883 | |
Rhynchonellida indet. Kuhn 1949 | |
Bivalvia | |
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Neithea atava Roemer 1839 scallop | |
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Exogyra couloni oyster | |
Lopha rectangularis oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Nerinea guinchoensis snail | |
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail | |
Turbo sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Nautilitaceae indet." = Nautiloidea
"Nautilitaceae indet." = Nautiloidea de Blainville 1825 | |
? Bochianites sp. Lory 1898 ammonite | |
Neocomites cf. neocomiensis d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite | |
"Neolissoceras grasi" = Neolissoceras grasianum
"Neolissoceras grasi" = Neolissoceras grasianum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite | |
Olcostephanus sp. Neumayr 1875 ammonite
Olcostephanus ex gr. astieri ammonite | |
Phylloceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
Phylloceras ex gr. serum Oppel 1865 ammonite | |
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895 belemnite | |
Astraeidae | |
"Montlivaultia sp." = Montlivaltia
"Montlivaultia sp." = Montlivaltia Lamouroux 1821 |