São Pedro da Cova (UP-MHNFCP collection) (Carboniferous of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (41.2° N, 8.5° W: paleocoordinates 4.8° S, 8.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Stephanian C (301.0 - 300.4 Ma)

• Lower Stephanian C

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, gray shale

• Douro-Beira trough. Pull-apart basin, controlled by the sinistral shear activity of the Douro-Beira Carboniferous Trough after the upper Westphalian D.
• Light gray shales, relatively compact, laminated

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Natural History Museum of Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto (UP-MHNFCP)

Primary reference: P. Correia, J. B. Murphy, A. A., R. Domingos, and D. Flores. 2013. First Palaeozoic arachnid from Portugal and implications for Carboniferous palaeobiogeography. Geological Journal 48:101-107 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156371: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.05.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Orthoptera - Oedischiidae
Lusitadischia sai n. gen. n. sp.1
Lusitadischia sai n. gen. n. sp.1 Correia and Nel 2022 grasshopper
MHNCUP/PAI-17
 Dicondylia - Phyloblattidae
Eneriblatta sp.3
Eneriblatta sp.3 Teixeira 1941 winged insect
UP-MHNFCUP-177229
 Palaeodictyoptera - Dictyoneuridae
? Stenodictya lusitanica n. sp.2
? Stenodictya lusitanica n. sp.2 Correia et al. 2014 winged insect
UP-MHNFCP-127180
Arachnida
 Trigonotarbida - Aphantomartidae
Aphantomartus pustulatus
Aphantomartus pustulatus Scudder 1884
UP-MNHFCP-094958
1Correia and Nel 2022; 2Correia et al. 2014; 3Correia et al. 2021