PBDB Collection

Santa Cruz Cliff, Mesosaccella-Corbulomima association, Lisboa (Jurassic of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (39.1° N, 9.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 1.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• 2 beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: prodelta; lithified marl and lithified siltstone

• dark grey silty marl to argillaceous silt

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich. 1981. Salinity-controlled benthic associations from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal. Lethaia 14:203-223 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68233: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Sedentaria
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Serpula (Cycloserpula) sp. Serpula (Cycloserpula) sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae	Cerithiidae indet. Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail sp. A, F and E
Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae	Aporrhaidae indet. Aporrhaidae indet. Gray 1850 snail
Bivalvia
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Camptonectes sp. Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
Pectinida - Anomiidae	Placunopsis suprajurensis Placunopsis suprajurensis scallop
Ostreida - Pteriidae	Pteroperna pygmaea Pteroperna pygmaea pearl oyster
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	"Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana "Nanogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Modiolus subreniformis Modiolus subreniformis mussel
Thraciida - Thraciidae	Thracia depressa Thracia depressa Sowerby 1823 clam
Pholadida - Corbulidae	Corbulomima suprajurensis Corbulomima suprajurensis clam
Cardiida - Arcticidae	Isocyprina (Venericyprina) sp. n. sp., Isocyprina (Eotrapezium) recta Isocyprina (Venericyprina) sp. n. sp. Röder 1882 clam Isocyprina (Eotrapezium) recta clam
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Protocardia (Protocardia) sp. n. sp. Protocardia (Protocardia) sp. n. sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle sp. B
Carditida - Astartidae	Nicaniella sp. n. sp. Nicaniella sp. n. sp. Chavan 1945 clam
Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae	Myophorella (Myophorella) lusitanica Myophorella (Myophorella) lusitanica Sharpe 1900 clam
Heteroconchia -	Heterodonta indet. Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884 clam sp. B, A and X
Myoida -	Jurassicorbula edwardi Jurassicorbula edwardi clam
Nuculanida - Nuculanidae	Mesosaccella dammariensis Mesosaccella dammariensis pointed nut clam