Serra da Arrabida, level 1a. (Cretaceous of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (38.4° N, 9.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 1.1° E)

When: Marnes à Toxaster Formation, Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

• 4.50m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, gray marl and lithified limestone

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 73332: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 12.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Foraminifera
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
Ophiuroidea
 Ophiurida - Ophiuridae
Ophiuridae indet. Lyman 1865 brittle star
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris pretiosa pencil urchin
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea atava Roemer 1839 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea minos" = Ceratostreon minos Coquand 1869 oyster
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884 belemnite
unclassified
  -
Annelida indet. Lamarck 1809
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria sp. Bayle 1878
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Terebratula acuta" = Homoeorhynchia acuta
"Terebratula acuta" = Homoeorhynchia acuta Sowerby 1816