Portugal C-2-19 (Jurassic of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (39.3° N, 9.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 1.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Alcobaca Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: prodelta; unlithified, muddy siltstone

• marly silt

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 7409: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Hans Eichiner on 30.05.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon concinnus Phillips 1829 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Inoperna perplicata Etallon 1863 mussel
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia incerta Thurmann 1836 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia intexta Muenster 1837 cockle
 Myoida -
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae