Where: Portugal (38.7° N, 9.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 1.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: calcaires à Choffatelles et Dasycladacées Formation, Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)
• 1,20m
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, gray, white, calcareous 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 73166: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 05.06.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Echinidae indet. Gray 1825 sea urchin | |
Ostracoda | |
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod | |
Schuleridea sp. Swartz and Swain 1946 ostracod | |
Eocytheropteron sp. Alexander 1933 ostracod | |
Macrodentina sp. n. sp.
Macrodentina sp. n. sp. ostracod | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843 | |
Foraminifera | |
Choffatella decipiens Schlumberger 1905 | |
Trocholina sp. Paalzow 1922 |