Portugal E6/49: Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian, Portugal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
Heterodonta informal sp. A Neumayr 1884
1 specimen
sp. A
Heterodonta informal sp. B Neumayr 1884
1 specimen
sp. B
Bivalvia - Myoida
Jurassicorbula edwardi
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Nicaniella lusitanica
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia peraltaensis
35 specimens
Protocardia sp. (Beyrich 1845)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Juranomia calcibyssata
67 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon rugosus
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Nanogyra nana (Sowerby 1822)
1 specimen
recombined as Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus imbricatus (Sowerby 1818)
13 specimens
recombined as Modiolus (Modiolus) imbricatus
Arcomytilus morrisi
5 specimens
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae informal sp. A (Fleming 1822)
8 specimens
sp. A
Cerithiidae informal sp. D (Fleming 1822)
54 specimens
sp. D
Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal County:Estremadura
Coordinates: 39.1° North, 9.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.4° North, 1.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
*Period:Late/Upper Jurassic
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Kimmeridge - Early/Lower Tithonian
Key time interval:Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian
Age range of interval:154.80000 - 146.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sobral
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,shelly/skeletal poorly lithified muddy sandstone
Secondary lithology: marl
Lithology description: shelly, marly fine-sand; brackish bay
Environment:estuary/bay Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Isognomon & Arcomytilus occur in small nests although beeing parltly i-volved
Taxonomic list comments:Anomia suprajurensis-Protocardia peraltaensis - association
Metadata
Database number:8288
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:E. Link
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-07-04 05:45:30 Last modified:2017-07-28 17:46:57
Access level:the public Released:2000-07-04 05:45:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

41. F. T. Fürsich. 1999. Unpublished data. [F. Fursich/F. Fursich/P. Wagner]