PSst-1-RS (42-45 m) - Rio Grande do Sul: Holocene, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla cf. atypha
2 specimens
Odostomia (Chrysallida) seminuda (Adams 1839)
2 specimens
recombined as Boonea seminuda
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium (Epitonium) georgettina (Kiener 1838)
1 specimen
recombined as Epitonium georgettinum
Gastropoda - Scaliolidae
Alabina cerithidioides (Dall 1889)
7 specimens
synonym of Finella dubia
[entered as Alabina cerithioides]
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) aculeata (Gmelin 1791)
2 specimens
recombined as Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Crepidula (Crepidula) protea d'Orbigny 1941
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Olivina) tehuelchana (d'Orbigny 1841)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius coppingeri
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis (Anachis) catenata
2 specimens
Anachis (Costoanachis) avara (Say 1822)
1 specimen
Colombella avara
Anachis (Alia) aff. fenestrata (Adams 1850)
1 specimen
synonym of Columbellopsis nycteis
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Tectonatica pusilla (Say 1822)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Halistylus columna Dall 1890
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina candei (d'Orbigny 1841)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) semiornata (d'Orbigny 1846)
6 specimens
recombined as Nucula (Lamellinucula) semiornata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Chlamys) tehuelchus (d'Orbigny 1842)
1 specimen
recombined as Aequipecten tehuelchus
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana (Lamarck 1819)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Corbula iheringiana Pilsbry 1897
25 specimens
recombined as Sphenia iheringiana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra (Mactra) patagonica (d'Orbigny 1846)
original and current combination Mactra patagonica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Clausinella gayi (Húpe 1854)
7 specimens
Protothaca antiqua (King 1832)
1 specimen
recombined as Ameghinomya antiqua
Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin 1792)
3 specimens
Pitar (Pitar) rostratum (Koch 1943)
7 specimens
recombined as Pitar rostratus
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella maldonadoensis (Pilsbry 1897)
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil
Coordinates: 30.2° South, 50.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.2° South, 50.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit. THICKNESS: From drill hole of at least 45 m thick, from 3 m thick unit. AGE: Holocene, based of faunal similarity with Uruguan and Argentinian Holocene assemblages. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 42-45 m in drill hole.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology, presumably from unlithified siliciclastic facies. LITHIFICATION: Presumably unlithified given age and figured specimens.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow siliciclastic marine environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Petrobas Petroleum Company. REPOSITORY: Unknown repository, possibly the School of Geology, National Science Institute, Brazil.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. Other groups not discussed. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with subgenus and species level designations, but nevertheless somewhat antiquated.
Metadata
Database number:72123
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-05-25 07:46:23 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-05-25 07:46:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24412. I. R. da Silva Forti. 1969. Cenozoic Mollusks from the drillholes Cassino and Palmares do Sul of the Coastal Plain of Rio Grande do Sul. Iheringia Geologia 2:55-155 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]