Carregueira, farm, Level 1 (Cretaceous of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (39.4° N, 8.4° W: paleocoordinates 32.6° N, 2.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

• 3.5 m

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, concretionary, 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 65854: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 26.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
? Neocomites sp. Uhlig 1905 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
Purpuroidea sp. Lycett 1848 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Pterocera sp." = Lambis
"Pterocera sp." = Lambis Röding 1798 conch
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida -
 Rhynchonellida -
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida -
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
"Typocidaris aff. folcariensis" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris)
"Typocidaris aff. folcariensis" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) pencil urchin
 Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
 Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Codiopsis lorini sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Toxaster sp. Agassiz 1839 heart urchin