Where: Brazil (10.8° S, 37.1° W: paleocoordinates 17.4° S, 11.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Cotinguiba Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• some occurences could also be from the Riachuleo Fm, here from the Maruim and Aguilhada member, as they may locally extend into the Cenomanian
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; 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 140837: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 18.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Cottaldia benettiae Koenig 1825 sea urchin | |
Holectypus cenomanensis sea urchin | |
Cardiaster cubensis Jackson 1922 sea urchin
Holaster aff. bischoffi sea urchin | |
Glyphocyphus radiatus sea urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Liopistha alta clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Phylloceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite | |
Mariella sp. Nowak 1916 ammonite
Hypoturrilites gravesianus d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite | |
Eogaudryceras sp. Spath 1927 ammonite
Tetragonites sp. Kossmat 1895 ammonite | |
Desmoceras sp. Zittel 1884 ammonite
Puzosia sp. Bayle 1878 ammonite | |
Stoliczkaia (Shumarinaia) africana Pervinquière 1907 ammonite | |
"Graysonites lozoi" = Graysonites wacoense Böse 1928 ammonite
Sharpeiceras laticlavium Sharpe 1855 ammonite
Sharpeiceras florencae Spath 1925 ammonite | |
Forbesiceras brundretti ammonite |