Mexilhoeira, Cascais area, level 4c: Hauterivian, Portugal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Rhynchonellidae
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Terebratula acuta
Sowerby 1816
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recombined as Homoeorhynchia acuta | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostreidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Cidaridae
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Cidaris pretiosa
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Phyllacanthus salviensis
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Typocidaris malum
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synonym of Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) | |||||||
Typocidaris aff. folcariensis
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synonym of Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) | |||||||
Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Rhabdocidaridae
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Rhabdocidaris tuberosa
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Echinoidea
- Salenioida
- Saleniidae
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Salenia foliumquerci
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Echinoidea
- Hemicidaridae
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Pseudocidaris clunifera
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Echinoidea
- Echinoneoida
- Echinoneidae
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Pyrina globosa
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Toxasteridae
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Toxaster granosus
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Echinoidea
- Disasteridae
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Collyropsis ovulum
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Echinoidea
- Holectypoida
- Holectypidae
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Holectypus almeidae
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Echinoidea
- Arbacioida
- Arbaciidae
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Goniopygus aff. peltatus
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? Magnosia sp.
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Portugal |
Coordinates: | 38.7° North, 9.4° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 32.4° North, 1.1° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Stage: | Hauterivian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2 |
Key time interval: | Hauterivian | ||
Age range of interval: | 132.90000 - 129.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Local section: | Mexilhoeira | Local bed: | 4c | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 1.5 m |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | dolomitic,yellow lithified marl |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
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: | 65745 | ||
Authorizer: | L. Villier | Enterer: | L. Villier | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-09-25 02:33:28 | Last modified: | 2006-09-25 05:33:28 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-25 02:33:27 |
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] |