Fonte Coberta 3 (Jurassic of Portugal)

Where: Coimbra, Portugal (40.1° N, 8.8° W: paleocoordinates 30.2° N, 2.4° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: spinatum ammonoid zone, Lemede Formation, Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• Spinatum hawskerense subzone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified limestone and lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Paredes, M. J. Comas-Rengifo, L.V. Duarte and A. Goy. 2018. Upper Pliensbachian–lowermost Toarcian macroinvertebrates (Ammonites, Bivalves) succession prior to the TOAE extinction interval. The example of Fonte Coberta section - Stop 2.1. In L.V. Duarte, R.L. Silva (eds.), The Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event in the Western Iberian Margin and its context within the Lower Jurassic evolution of the Lusitanian Basin. 2nd International Workshop on Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event, Field Trip Guidebook 63-70 [M. Aberhan/C. Reddin]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 225386: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Carl Reddin on 06.05.2022

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
Tutcheria submulticostata d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Mactromya cf. cardioides Phillips 1829 clam
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Myoconcha decorata Münster 1837 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes subulatus Goldfuss 1834 scallop
Praechlamys valoniensis Defrance 1825 scallop
Pseudopecten equivalvis Sowerby 1816 scallop
Eopecten velatus Goldfuss 1833 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Ctenostreon sp., "Pseudolimea acuticostata" = Limea acuticostata
Ctenostreon sp. Eichwald 1862 file clam
"Pseudolimea acuticostata" = Limea acuticostata Münster 1836 file clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Harpax spinosa Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea muensteri Oppel 1856 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo elliptica clam
[entered as Paleoneilo elliptica]