Guincho, level 7 (Cretaceous of Portugal)

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

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Camarodonta - Echinidae
Echinidae indet. Gray 1825 sea urchin
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Schuleridea sp. Swartz and Swain 1946 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Eocytheropteron sp. Alexander 1933 ostracod
 Podocopida - Brachycytheridae
Macrodentina sp. n. sp. ostracod
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843
Foraminifera
 Lituolacea - Mayncinidae
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
Choffatella decipiens Schlumberger 1905
 Involutinina - Trocholinidae
Trocholina sp. Paalzow 1922