East of Cabo de San Vicente, bed 492 (Jurassic of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (37.0° N, 9.0° W: paleocoordinates 27.8° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ibex (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• Luridum zonule of Luridum subzone; uppermost part of Gemmellaroi zone of Mediterranean region.

Environment/lithology: lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Universite de Bourgogne, Geologie Dijon

Primary reference: J. L. Dommergues, C. Meister, and R. B. Rocha. 2011. The Pliensbachian ammonites of the Algarve Basin (Portugal) and their palaeobiogeographical significance for the "Iberia-Newfoundland" conjugate margins. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 104:81-96 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 146440: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.06.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras ex gr. fimbriatum Sowerby 1817 ammonite