Santa Cruz Cliff, Eomiodon association, Lisboa: Late Kimmeridgian, Portugal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Neomiodontidae
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Eomiodon securiformis
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69.66 %-specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Malleidae
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Isognomon lusitanicum
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1.05 %-specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Praeexogyra sp.
Charles 1952
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0.26 %-specimens | ||||||
Nanogyra nana
(Sowerby 1822)
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0.79 %-specimens | ||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Placunopsis suprajurensis
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0.52 %-specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithiidae indet.
(Fleming 1822)
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27.44 %-specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Neritoma sp.
Morris 1949
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0.26 %-specimens | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Portugal |
Coordinates: | 39.1° North, 9.4° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 33.4° North, 1.0° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
Key time interval: | Late Kimmeridgian | ||
Age range of interval: | 152.2 - 149.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 5 beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
Lithology description: fine- to medium-grained sandstone | |
Environment: | delta front |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Collection size: | 379 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 68235 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-01-10 03:25:38 | Last modified: | 2007-01-10 05:25:38 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-01-10 03:25:34 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
19628. | F. T. Fürsich. 1981. Salinity-controlled benthic associations from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal. Lethaia 14:203-223 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |