Presa, Praia da Saude, Level 2 (Cretaceous of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (38.6° N, 9.3° W: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 1.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)

• 8.5 m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, gray 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 65761: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 25.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Ophiuroidea
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Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Terebratula acuta" = Homoeorhynchia acuta
"Terebratula acuta" = Homoeorhynchia acuta Sowerby 1816
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
 Podocopida -
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
Haplophragmoides sp. Cushman 1910
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Foraminifera
 Spirillinina - Spirillinidae
Spirillina sp. Reuss 1862
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
 Textulariacea - Valvulinidae