Portugal E7/42 (Jurassic of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (39.1° N, 9.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 0.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sobral Formation, Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; poorly lithified, fine-grained, argillaceous, sandy siltstone

• argillaceous, silt; towards top: fine sand with scattered medium quartz grains and lignite pieces

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 Unpublished data.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 8319: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Elmar Link on 06.07.2000

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria pygmaea pearl oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
"Modiolus imbricatus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus Sowerby 1818 mussel
 Heteroconchia -
Heterodonta indet. Neumayr 1884 clam
 Myoida -
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
 Pholadida - Ceratomyidae
Myopholas multicostata Agassiz 1842 clam
 Cardiida - Neomiodontidae
Eomiodon sp. Cox 1935 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia intexta Muenster 1837 cockle
 Carditida - Astartidae
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail
Asteroidea
  -
Asteroidea sp. de Blainville 1830 sea star
Ossikel [originally entered as "Asteroida sp."]