Mexilhoeira, Cascais area, level 2 (Cretaceous of Portugal)
Where: Portugal (38.7° N, 9.4° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 1.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)
• 5 m
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, gray, blue marl
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 65735: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 25.09.2006
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Taxonomic list
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Foraminifera | |
Ammomarginulina sp. Wiesner 1931 | |
Trochamminidae indet. Schwager 1877 | |
Nodosariata | |
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratulida indet. Waagen 1883 | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Collyropsis ovulum sea urchin | |
Holectypus almeidae sea urchin |