Baixo Parnaiba (Miocene of Brazil)
Where: Piaui, Brazil (3.1° S, 41.8° W: paleocoordinates 2.9° S, 37.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Pirabas Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: V. Araujo Tavora, A. A. R. dos Santos, and R. N. Araujo. 2010. Localidades fossiliferas da Formacao Pirabas (Mioceno Inferior). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Ciências Naturais, Belém 5(2):207-224 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 112601: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.07.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
Potamides suprasulcatus Gabb 1873 horn snail | |
Turritella meunieri turret shell
Turritella sulcigyrata turret shell
Turritella (Torcula) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell
Mesalia rathbuni Maury 1934 turret shell | |
Mitra (Tiara) sp. Swainson 1831 mitre shell | |
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Crassostrea distans oyster | |
"Chlamys (Argopecten) cf. concinnatus" = Argopecten
"Chlamys (Argopecten) cf. concinnatus" = Argopecten calico scallop | |
"Arca (Arca) imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata, Anadara egleri, "Anadara brasiliana" = Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana
"Arca (Arca) imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam
Anadara egleri ark
"Anadara brasiliana" = Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana Lamarck 1819 ark | |
Tivela sulcata venus clam
Chione (Chione) subrostrata Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
Iphigenia ferreirai clam |