Jardim 9, Sergipe (Cretaceous of Brazil)

Where: Brazil (10.6° S, 37.0° W: paleocoordinates 17.2° S, 11.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sapaucari Member (Cotinguiba Formation), Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; brown, gray limestone

• Rubbly, light bown-gray limestones with clayey intercalations. Weathered surfaces with white coating

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: J. Seeling and P. Bengtson. 1999. Cenomanian oysters from the Sergipe Basin, Brazil. Creatceaous Research 20:747-765 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 141020: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 20.03.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculosa" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa, Rhynchostreon (Rhynchostreon) mermeti
"Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculosa" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa Sowerby 1822 oyster