Serra da Arrabida, level 11b. (Cretaceous of Portugal)

Where: Portugal (38.4° N, 9.2° W: paleocoordinates 31.7° N, 1.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Calcaires à Rudistes de Boca do Chapim Formation, Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

• 1.50m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, white grainstone

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 73355: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 13.06.2007

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Taxonomic list

Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Codiaceae
Codiaceae indet. Kützing 1843
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Foraminifera
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 Textulariina - Nezzazatidae
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
Choffatella decipiens Schlumberger 1905
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerineidae indet. Zittel 1873 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster