Northern side of synclinal of Pero Pinheiro, level 5. (Cretaceous of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (38.9° N, 9.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 1.2° E)

When: Calcaires à Rudistes de Praia dos Coxos Formation, Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

• 5m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, gray, yellow grainstone and poorly lithified, blue marl

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 73321: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 12.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Calycina -
 Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Toxaster exilis heart urchin
unclassified
  -
Chordata indet. Haeckel 1874
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassiopidae
Glauconia sp. Stoliczka 1868 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra tuberculifera" = Ceratostreon tuberculiferum
"Exogyra tuberculifera" = Ceratostreon tuberculiferum Koch and Dunker 1837 oyster
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
"Cyprina sp." = Arctica
"Cyprina sp." = Arctica Schumacher 1817 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
 Podocopida - Brachycytheridae
Macrodentina sp. n. sp. ostracod
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
 Podocopida -
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
Choffatella decipiens Schlumberger 1905