Serra da Arrabida, level 9c. (Cretaceous of Portugal)

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

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Taxonomic list

Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Boueina sp. Toula 1883
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Foraminifera
 Involutinina - Involutinidae
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
 Lituolacea - Mayncinidae
 Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
Haplophragmoides sp. Cushman 1910
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Cephalopoda
 Belemnoidea -
Belemnoidea indet. Hyatt 1884 belemnite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra tuberculifera" = Ceratostreon tuberculiferum
"Exogyra tuberculifera" = Ceratostreon tuberculiferum Koch and Dunker 1837 oyster
 Cardiiformii -
"Hippuritoida indet." = Hippuritida
"Hippuritoida indet." = Hippuritida Newell 1965 rudist
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Heteraster lepidus heart urchin
Heteraster couloni heart urchin
 Calycina -