Where: Portugal (38.7° N, 9.4° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 1.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)
• 10 m
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, argillaceous grainstone and poorly 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 65740: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 25.09.2006, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Phylloceras tethys" = Euphylloceras thetys
"Phylloceras tethys" = Euphylloceras thetys d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite | |
Spitidiscus ex gr. rotula Sowerby 1827 ammonite | |
""Neocomites" ex gr. nodosoplicatus" = Lyticoceras nodosoplicatum
""Neocomites" ex gr. nodosoplicatus" = Lyticoceras nodosoplicatum Kilian and Reboul 1915 ammonite | |
Crioceratites lusitanicum ammonite | |
Lytoceras cf. subfimbriatum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite | |
"Neolissoceras grasi" = Neolissoceras grasianum
"Neolissoceras grasi" = Neolissoceras grasianum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite | |
Olcostephanus sp. Neumayr 1875 ammonite | |
"Nautilitaceae indet." = Nautiloidea
"Nautilitaceae indet." = Nautiloidea de Blainville 1825 | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Neithea atava Roemer 1839 scallop | |
Exogyra couloni oyster | |
"Alectryonia rectangularis" = Ostrea (Alectryonia)
"Alectryonia rectangularis" = Ostrea (Alectryonia) oyster | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhynchonellida indet. Kuhn 1949 | |
"Terebratula acuta" = Homoeorhynchia acuta
"Terebratula acuta" = Homoeorhynchia acuta Sowerby 1816 | |
Echinoidea | |
Rhabdocidaris tuberosa pencil urchin | |
Goniopygus peltatus sea urchin | |
Pseudocidaris crispicans sea urchin
Pseudocidaris clunifera sea urchin | |
Salenia foliumquerci sea urchin | |
Holectypus almeidae sea urchin | |
Pyrina globosa sea urchin | |
Collyropsis ovulum sea urchin | |
Polydiadema sp. n. sp.
Polydiadema sp. n. sp. sea urchin |