Mexilhoeira, Cascais area, level 9c: Late Valanginian, Portugal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Phylloceratida
- Phylloceratidae
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Phylloceras sp.
Suess 1865
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Haploceratidae
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Neolissoceras grasi
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Holcodiscidae
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Spitidiscus cf. rotula
(Sowerby 1827)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Lytoceratidae
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Lytoceras aff. juilleti
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Neocomitidae
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"Neocomites" ex gr. nodosoplicatus
Kilian and Reboul 1915
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Crioceratitidae
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Crioceratites ex gr. duvali
(Léveillé 1837)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Olcostephanidae
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Olcostephanus sp.
Neumayr 1875
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
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Nautilus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Nautilitaceae indet.
de Blainville 1825
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Hendy 2008 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Portugal |
| Coordinates: | 38.7° North, 9.4° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.9° North, 0.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Valanginian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Late Valanginian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 139.8 - 132.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Mexilhoeira | Local bed: | 9c | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 1 m | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | difficult macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 65676 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Villier, A. Hendy | Enterer: | L. Villier, A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-09-24 08:53:57 | Last modified: | 2006-09-24 11:53:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-24 08:53:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18719. | J. Rey. 1972. Recherches géologiques sur le Crétacé inférieur de l'Estremadura (Portugal). Serviços Geologicos de Portugal 21:1-477 [L. Villier/L. Villier] |
Secondary references:
| 26349 | A. J. W. Hendy. 2008. Personal opinions and reidentification of pre-Cenozoic Mollusca. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |