Rio Urindeua (Miocene of Brazil)

Where: Para, Brazil (0.7° S, 47.4° W: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 43.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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 112592: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium williamsi cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus paraensis White 1887 fig shell
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella yaquensis Maury 1917 jewel box