Where: Brazil (10.8° S, 37.1° W: paleocoordinates 16.8° S, 13.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Cotinguiba Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; nodular limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: A total of 604 localities in the Segripe Basin has been sampled, though the occurences can't be assigend to a specific locality
Primary reference: P. Bengtson. 1983. The Cenomanian-Coniacian of Sergipe Basin, Brazil. Fossil and Strata (12)1-78 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140888: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 18.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pseudolimea interplicosa Stoliczka 1871 file clam | |
Mytiloides sp. Brongniart 1822 clam
Mytiloides mytiloides Mantell 1822 clam | |
Astarte similis Munster 1840 clam | |
"Psilomya ligeriensis" = Liopistha (Psilomya)
"Psilomya ligeriensis" = Liopistha (Psilomya) clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Piestochilus (Cryptorhytis) cf. thevestensis" = Cryptorhytis
"Piestochilus (Cryptorhytis) cf. thevestensis" = Cryptorhytis snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Pseudotissotia nigeriensis" = Pseudotissotia nigeriensis, "Pseudotissotia gabonensis" = Pseudotissotia nigeriensis, Thomasites sp.
"Pseudotissotia nigeriensis" = Pseudotissotia nigeriensis Woods 1911 ammonite
"Pseudotissotia gabonensis" = Pseudotissotia nigeriensis Woods 1911 ammonite
Thomasites sp. Pervinquiére 1907 ammonite | |
Pseudoaspidoceras footeanum ammonite
Mitonia sp. Renz and Alvarez 1979 ammonite | |
Vascoceras ? globosum, "Paravascoceras hartti" = Vascoceras harttii, "Nannovascoceras sp." = Vascoceras
Vascoceras ? globosum Reyment 1954 ammonite
"Paravascoceras hartti" = Vascoceras harttii Hyatt 1870 ammonite
"Nannovascoceras sp." = Vascoceras Choffat 1898 ammonite | |
Wrightoceras sp. Reyment 1954 ammonite | |
Echinoidea | |
"Hemiaster jacksoni" = Mecaster batnensis
"Hemiaster jacksoni" = Mecaster batnensis Coquand 1862 heart urchin |