Estremadura, Neorbitolinopsis conulus zone (Cretaceous of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (38.8° N, 9.5° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 37.5° N, 7.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Neorbitolinopsis conulus zone, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; marl

• marnes et de calcaires micritiques à Ostreidgs;
• marl, micrit

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. R. Bilotte and B. Peybernes. 1977. Analyse biostratigraphique et paléontologique de l'albien marin d'Estremadura (Portugal). Geobios (10)369-393 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 145814: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 12.06.2013

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Taxonomic list

Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
unclassified
  -
Foraminifera
  -
 Biokovinacea - Charentiidae
Charentia cuvillieri Neumann 1965
  -
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
 Orbitolinacea - Orbitolinidae
  -
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Knemiceratidae
Knemiceras uhligi Choffat 1886 ammonite
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Heteraster delgadoi heart urchin
 Calycina - Diplopodiidae
 Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
 Euechinoidea - Pedinopsidae