Tibúrcio 1, Sergipe (Cretaceous of Brazil)

Where: Brazil (11.3° S, 37.4° W: paleocoordinates 17.9° S, 11.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Calycoceras guerangeri ammonoid zone, Sapucari Member (Cotinguiba Formation), Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• Cenomanian 3b

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, brown limestone

• Cream and light brown limestones with abundant bivalves

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collected by P. Bengtson, S. Bengtson in 1971-1972

Primary reference: J. Seeling and P. Bengtson. 1999. Cenomanian oysters from the Sergipe Basin, Brazil. Creatceaous Research 20:747-765 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 141027: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 20.03.2013, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Hemicidaroida -
Micropedina olisiponensis2
Micropedina olisiponensis2 Forbes in Sharpe 1850 sea urchin
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea (Neithella) notabilis1
Neithea (Neithella) notabilis1 Münster 1833 scallop
 Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Ambigostrea sp.
Ambigostrea sp. Malchus 1990 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra (Costagyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis, "Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) africana" = Ilymatogyra africana, Rhynchostreon (Rhynchostreon) mermeti, Curvostrea rouvillei
"Exogyra (Costagyra) olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
"Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) africana" = Ilymatogyra africana Lamarck 1801 oyster
Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862 oyster
1Andrade et al. 2004; 2Smith and Bengtson 1991