Alcabideche, Cabo Raso, 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: 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

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Calycina -
 Echinoneoida - Conulidae
 Holectypoida - Holectypidae
 Irregularia - Disasteridae
 Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Toxaster granosus heart urchin
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam