Portugal E7/8 (Jurassic of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (39.1° N, 9.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; poorly lithified, bioturbated, muddy siltstone and marl

• marly silt, bioturbated

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 Unpublished data.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 8318: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Elmar Link on 06.07.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Myopholas multicostata Agassiz 1842 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia intexta Muenster 1837 cockle
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
 Heteroconchia -
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884 clam
 Myoida -
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
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