Calierira (Olaria) (Miocene of Brazil)

Where: Para, Brazil (1.2° S, 47.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 43.0° 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 112580: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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? Cladorca sp., Bonnetia frequens, Caryocar recognitum, Cassipourea brasiliensis, Davilla destituta, Endlicheria neotropica, Faramea lapidescens, Meriania deficiens, Rapatea primordialis, Serjania decursiva
Hirtella
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Hirtella berryana
Angiospermae
 Caryophyllales - Nyctaginaceae
Pisonia ampliata
Pisonia ampliata birdcatcher tree
 Magnoliales - Annonaceae
Guatteria ackermannii, Guatteria basilata
Guatteria ackermannii custard apple
Guatteria basilata custard apple
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ebenaceae
Diospyros sculpta
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrcia pirabensis
Angiospermae
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Drypetes capanemensis
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
Trichilia antecedene
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Sapindus ferreirai
 Malvales - Malvaceae
Apeiba pulchra
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar circinatus, "Clementia dariena" = Clementia (Clementia) dariena
Pitar circinatus venus clam
"Clementia dariena" = Clementia (Clementia) dariena Conrad 1855 venus clam
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp.
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Argopecten) capanemensis" = Argopecten, "Chlamys (Leptopecten) latiaurata" = Leptopecten
"Chlamys (Argopecten) capanemensis" = Argopecten calico scallop
"Chlamys (Leptopecten) latiaurata" = Leptopecten scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Pycnodonta haitensis" = Hyotissa haitensis
"Pycnodonta haitensis" = Hyotissa haitensis Sowerby 1850 oyster
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Hortia paraensis
Hortia paraensis cone shell
Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus ackermanni
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna magna
Sphyrna magna Cope 1868 hammerhead shark
 Myliobatiformes - Rhinopteridae
Rhinoptera studera
Rhinoptera studera cownose ray