Manique de Cima, Level 2 (Cretaceous of Portugal)

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

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Leopoldia sp. Mayer-Eymar 1887 ammonite
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Terebratula acuta" = Homoeorhynchia acuta
"Terebratula acuta" = Homoeorhynchia acuta Sowerby 1816
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Toxaster granosus heart urchin
Astraeidae
  - Astraeidae
"Montlivaultia sp." = Montlivaltia
"Montlivaultia sp." = Montlivaltia Lamouroux 1821