Cruzes 9 (Cretaceous of Brazil)

Where: Brazil (10.6° S, 37.0° W: paleocoordinates 17.2° S, 11.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified carbonate

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 126832: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Daniel Wellmanns on 18.04.2012

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea (Neithea) hispanica Orbigny 1850 scallop