Sanhara (Cretaceous of Brazil)

Where: Sergipe, Brazil (10.5° S, 37.5° W: paleocoordinates 15.4° S, 8.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Albian (109.0 - 105.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Middle Albian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From uknown position in local section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, fine-grained, white, yellow limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Cream-white fine-grained imestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description and figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Brazilian Geological Survey. REPOSITORY: Brazilian Geological Survey.

Primary reference: C. J. Maury. 1936. Monographias do Servico Geologico E Mineralogico 11:1-283 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87856: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonites, bivalves, and gastropods. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature, but with some species-resolution identification where possible.
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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Hoplitidae
Euhoplites reesidei, Anahoplites williamsi
Euhoplites reesidei Maury 1936 ammonite
Anahoplites williamsi Maury 1936 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Turrilitidae
Turrilites "sp. A", Turrilites "sp. B"
Turrilites "sp. A" Lamarck 1801 ammonite
Turrilites "sp. B" Lamarck 1801 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiola sanharica n. sp.
Modiola sanharica n. sp. Maury 1936 mussel