Mexilhoeira, Cascais area, level 4c: Hauterivian, Portugal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Terebratula acuta Sowerby 1816
recombined as Homoeorhynchia acuta
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris pretiosa
Phyllacanthus salviensis
Typocidaris malum
synonym of Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris)
Typocidaris aff. folcariensis
synonym of Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris)
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
Rhabdocidaris tuberosa
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae
Salenia foliumquerci
Echinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Pseudocidaris clunifera
Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Echinoneidae
Pyrina globosa
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Toxaster granosus
Echinoidea - Disasteridae
Collyropsis ovulum
Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Holectypidae
Holectypus almeidae
Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Goniopygus aff. peltatus
? Magnosia sp.
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]