Colonia Pedro Teixeira (Miocene of Brazil)
Where: Brazil (1.2° S, 47.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 43.1° 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 112581: 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 | |
| Anthozoa | |
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Flabellum lyricum stony coral
Flabellum wailesi stony coral | |
| Echinoidea | |
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Clypeaster paulinoi sand dollar | |
"Abertella complanata" = Placatenella complanata
"Abertella complanata" = Placatenella complanata Brito 1981 sand dollar | |
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Cassidulus sp. Lamarck 1801 sea urchin | |
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Phyllacanthus priscus pencil urchin | |
| Chondrichthyes | |
"Ginglymostoma serra" = Nebrius serra
"Ginglymostoma serra" = Nebrius serra Leidy 1877 nurse shark | |
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Galeocerdo paulinoi tiger shark | |
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Sphyrna magna Cope 1868 hammerhead shark | |
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Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
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Carcharhinus ackermanni requiem shark
Scoliodon taxandriae Leriche 1926 requiem shark | |
"Sphyrna prisca" = Cestracion prisca
"Sphyrna prisca" = Cestracion prisca Agassiz 1843 bullhead shark | |
"Palaeomyliobatis priabensis" = Myliobatis, Rhinoptera studeri
"Palaeomyliobatis priabensis" = Myliobatis eagle ray
Rhinoptera studeri Agassiz 1843 cownose ray | |
| Actinopteri | |
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Sphyraena cunhai Silva-Santos and Travassos 1960 barracuda | |
| Malacostraca | |
Acanthocarpus obscurus, Hepatella amazonica, Neptunus haitensis, Neptunus sp., Portunus haitensis, Callinectes paraensis, Callinectes reticulatus, Scylla costata, Parthenope trituberculata, Sesarma paraensis
Acanthocarpus obscurus Rathbun 1918 box crab
Hepatella amazonica Beurlen 1958 crab
Neptunus haitensis swimming crab
Neptunus sp. de Haan 1839 swimming crab
Portunus haitensis Rathbun 1923 swimming crab
Callinectes paraensis Beurlen 1958 swimming crab
Callinectes reticulatus Rathbun 1918 swimming crab
Scylla costata Rathbun 1919 swimming crab
Parthenope trituberculata Beurlen 1958 crab
Sesarma paraensis Beurlen 1958 crab | |
| Thecostraca | |
| Gymnolaemata | |
| Bivalvia | |
Chlamys (Chlamys) callimorpha, "Chlamys (Argopecten) capanemensis" = Argopecten, "Chlamys (Chlamys) sentis" = Caribachlamys sentis, "Chlamys (Leptopecten) latiaurata" = Leptopecten
Chlamys (Chlamys) callimorpha scallop
"Chlamys (Argopecten) capanemensis" = Argopecten calico scallop
"Chlamys (Chlamys) sentis" = Caribachlamys sentis Reeve 1853 scallop
"Chlamys (Leptopecten) latiaurata" = Leptopecten scallop | |
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Neopycnodonta zomerysis oyster | |
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Cubitostrea glucomarides oyster | |
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Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
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Periglypta multicostata Sowerby 1835 venus clam
Pitar circinatus venus clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Turritella sulcigyrata turret shell | |
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
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Turbinella tuberculata snail | |