Igarape Caraparu (Miocene of Brazil)
Where: Brazil (1.5° S, 48.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 44.0° 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 112585: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.07.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Foraminifera | |
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram |