Aricuru (Miocene of Brazil)
Where: Para, Brazil (0.7° S, 47.5° W: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 43.4° 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 112577: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 12.07.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Echinoidea | |
Prionocidaris sp. Agassiz 1863 pencil urchin
Phyllacanthus priscus pencil urchin | |
Mammalia | |
Dioplotherium allisoni Kilmer 1965 dugong | |
Stenolaemata | |
Crisia sp. Lamarck 1812 | |
Idmonea sp. Lamouroux 1821 | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Vittaticella elegans Busk 1852 | |
"Nellia oculata" = Nellia tenella
"Nellia oculata" = Nellia tenella Lamarck 1816 | |
Cupuladria sp. Canu and Basler 1919 | |
Bivalvia | |
Plicatula eroessa scallop | |
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle | |
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
Amauropsis nativitatis, "Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena
Amauropsis nativitatis moon snail
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Cypraea pennae White 1887 cowry |