Bom Jesus, perto de Laranjeiras (Cretaceous of Brazil)

Where: Sergipe, Brazil (10.5° S, 37.5° W: paleocoordinates 16.6° S, 13.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Sergipe Group, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of taphonomic 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 87858: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonites, bivalves, and gastropods. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature, but with some species-resolution identification where possible.
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
"Hemiaster jacksoni" = Mecaster batnensis, "Hemiaster cedroensis" = Mecaster batnensis
"Hemiaster jacksoni" = Mecaster batnensis Coquand 1862 heart urchin
"Hemiaster cedroensis" = Mecaster batnensis Coquand 1862 heart urchin
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
"Acanthoceras offarcinatum" = Douvilleiceras offarcinatum
"Acanthoceras offarcinatum" = Douvilleiceras offarcinatum White 1887 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
"Vascoceras hartti" = Vascoceras harttii
"Vascoceras hartti" = Vascoceras harttii Hyatt 1870 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
"Pseudaspidoceras pedroanum" = Pseudaspidoceras footeanum
"Pseudaspidoceras pedroanum" = Pseudaspidoceras footeanum Stolickzka 1864 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra haliotoidea" = Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) reticulata
"Exogyra haliotoidea" = Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) reticulata Reuss 1846 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha syphax Coquand 1854 oyster
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea sergipensis White 1887 scallop