Boa Vista, level 5: Hauterivian, Portugal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cyclamminidae
Buccicrenata sp. n. sp.
Choffatella decipiens Schlumberger 1905
Valvulinidae
Eggerella sp.
unclassified
Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Terebratulidae indet. Gray 1840
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Cythereis ex gr. bernardi
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Schuleridea aff. thoerenensis
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Brachycytheridae
Macrodentina sp. n. sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal
Coordinates: 38.8° North, 9.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.4° North, 1.2° 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:132.60000 - 125.77000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:calcaires récifaux inférieurs
Local section:Boa Vista Local bed:5
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 4,5m
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow lithified grainstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: At 1500m NE of Boa Vista level 5 (yellow grainstone), the level is composed of 3 level of marl (1m each one).
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:73145
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Modifier:L. Villier Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-06-05 06:31:21 Last modified:2007-06-05 10:12:56
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-05 06:31:21
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]