Where: Portugal (38.8° N, 9.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 0.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)
• 0.8 m
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, brown, sandy limestone
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: J. Rey. 1972. Recherches géologiques sur le Crétacé inférieur de l'Estremadura (Portugal). Serviços Geologicos de Portugal 21:1-477 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 65720: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 25.09.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Lopha rectangularis oyster | |
Exogyra couloni oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Nodosariata | |
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Foraminifera | |
Trocholina sp. Paalzow 1922 | |
Astraeidae | |
"Montlivaultia sp." = Montlivaltia
"Montlivaultia sp." = Montlivaltia Lamouroux 1821 |