Where: Brazil (10.8° S, 37.2° W: paleocoordinates 16.9° S, 13.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Watinoceras coloradoense ammonoid zone, Sapucari Member (Cotinguiba Formation), Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• Turonian 2a
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, nodular, white limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by P. Bengtson, S. Bengtson in 1971-1972
Primary reference: A. B. Smith and P. Bengtson. 1991. Cretaceous echinoids from north-eastern Brazil. Fossils and Strata 31:1-88 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 195543: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.08.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Phymosoma baylei Cotteay 1864 sea urchin | |
Mecaster fourneli Agassiz and Dessor 1847 heart urchin
Mecaster batnensis Coquand 1862 heart urchin |