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: calcaires récifaux inférieurs Formation, Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)
• 14 m
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, gray, cherty/siliceous grainstone
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 73136: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 05.06.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Trochotiara bourgueti sea urchin | |
Pygopyrina incisa sea urchin | |
Holectypus almeidae sea urchin | |
Collyropsis ovulum sea urchin | |
Toxaster granosus heart urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam |