Where: Brazil (5.5° S, 37.2° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° S, 15.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Jandaíra Formation, Turonian to Turonian (93.9 - 70.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
• Repository: Departamento de Geologia e Paleontologia, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and USNM
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 195883: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.08.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Mecaster fourneli Agassiz and Dessor 1847 heart urchin |