Estiva: Aptian - Albian, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
unclassified
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Ceará County:Santana do Cariri
Coordinates: 7.1° South, 39.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.5° South, 0.6° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Aptian - Albian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 3 - Cretaceous 4
Key time interval: Aptian - Albian
Age range of interval: 121.4 - 100.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Santana Formation:Romualdo
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black "shale"
Lithology description: "concretion bearing black shale"
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: "fine-grained siliciclastic rocks"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:235052
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Watson
Modifier:A. Watson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2024-05-28 14:58:45 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2024-08-28 14:58:45
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
88510. V. B. Guerrini, S. A. Matos, F. T. Fürsich, M. G. Rodrigues, F. G. Varejão, L. V. Warren, M. L. Assine and M. G. Simões. 2024. Early Cretaceous bivalves of the Romualdo Formation, Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil. Cretaceous Research 161:105910 [W. Kiessling/A. Watson]