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
•(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 | |
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891 |