Where: Portugal (38.8° 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)
• 2.5 m
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, yellow, argillaceous limestone
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 65756: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 25.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Leopoldia sp. Mayer-Eymar 1887 ammonite | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Exogyra couloni oyster | |
Lopha rectangularis oyster | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Terebratula acuta" = Homoeorhynchia acuta
"Terebratula acuta" = Homoeorhynchia acuta Sowerby 1816 | |
Echinoidea | |
Toxaster granosus heart urchin | |
Astraeidae | |
"Montlivaultia sp." = Montlivaltia
"Montlivaultia sp." = Montlivaltia Lamouroux 1821 |