Portugal C-3-28 (Jurassic of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (39.3° N, 9.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 1.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Alcobaca Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: prodelta; poorly lithified, gray, sandy siltstone

• prodelta/deltafront
• fine-sandy marly silt

Preservation: replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7057: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Hans Eichiner on 21.04.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia depressa Sowerby 1823 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella sp. Chavan 1945 clam