RNS 11 (Cretaceous of Brazil)

Where: Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (4.7° S, 36.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° S, 11.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ponta do Mel Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• Upper part of Formation

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; mudstone and wackestone

• mudstone and wackestone facies with planktonic foraminifera

•(hedbergellids and Favusella washitensis) and pithonellids

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: B. Granier, D. Dias-Brito, and , II Bucur. 2008. Calcareous algae from Upper Albian – Cenomanian strata of the Potiguar basin (NE Brazil). Geologia Croatica 61(2-3):311-320 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221899: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 31.08.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891