Where: Portugal (38.4° N, 9.2° W: paleocoordinates 31.7° N, 1.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Calcaires et marnes à Choffatelles Formation, Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)
• 7m
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, gray, blue grainstone and poorly lithified, 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 73348: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 12.06.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ulvophyceae | |
Boueina sp. Toula 1883 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Foraminifera | |
Choffatella decipiens Schlumberger 1905 | |
Haplophragmoides sp. Cushman 1910 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839 | |
Gastropoda | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884 belemnite | |
Bivalvia | |
"Exogyra tuberculifera" = Ceratostreon tuberculiferum
"Exogyra tuberculifera" = Ceratostreon tuberculiferum Koch and Dunker 1837 oyster | |
"Hippuritoida indet." = Hippuritida
"Hippuritoida indet." = Hippuritida Newell 1965 rudist | |
Echinoidea | |
Heteraster lepidus heart urchin
Heteraster couloni heart urchin | |
Trochotiara sculptilis sea urchin |