Santa Cruz Cliff, Eomiodon association, Lisboa: Late Kimmeridgian, Portugal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
Eomiodon securiformis
69.66 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon lusitanicum
1.05 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Praeexogyra sp. Charles 1952
0.26 %-specimens
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
0.79 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Placunopsis suprajurensis
0.52 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)
27.44 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Neritoma sp. Morris 1949
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]