Foz section, level 5. (Cretaceous of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (40.0° N, 9.4° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 2.1° E)

When: Assises à Orbitolines Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• 40m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, volcaniclastic, yellow grainstone

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. Rey. 1972. Recherches géologiques sur le Crétacé inférieur de l'Estremadura (Portugal). Serviços Geologicos de Portugal 21:1-477 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 73571: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 20.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Foraminifera
  -
 Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
Haplophragmoides sp. Cushman 1910
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
Choffatella decipiens Schlumberger 1905
 Orbitolinacea - Orbitolinidae
 Lituolacea - Mayncinidae
 Involutinina - Trocholinidae
Rhodophyceae
  - Gymnocodiaceae
Permocalculus sp. Elliott 1955
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Cylindroporella sp. Johnson 1954
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Boueina sp. Toula 1883
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835