Where: Brazil (13.9° S, 39.0° W: paleocoordinates 18.9° S, 10.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Germania Member (Algodoes Formation), Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, dolomitic limestone
•fossiliferous cream limestones.
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. J. Andrade, J. Seeling, P. Bengtson and W. Souza-Lima. 2004. The bivalve Neithea from the Cretaceous of Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 17:25-38 [M. Aberhan/D. Wellmanns/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 125770: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Daniel Wellmanns on 22.03.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Neithea (Neithea) alpina Orbigny 1847 scallop |