Ponta do Itaacu (Miocene of Brazil)

Where: Maranhao, Brazil (2.4° S, 44.4° W: paleocoordinates 2.3° S, 40.2° 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 112597: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Tectonica cf. pusilla
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria cf. serini
Pteria cf. serini pearl oyster
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Caryocorbula) querida
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar (Lamelliconcha) euglypta
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Microcardium jamaicensis
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Apolymetis (Florimetis) trinitaria" = Florimetis trinitaria
"Apolymetis (Florimetis) trinitaria" = Florimetis trinitaria Dall 1900 tellin clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella erichseni, Crassinella martinicensis
Crassinella martinicensis d'Orbigny 1853 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Adrana agronomica
Adrana agronomica Maury 1924 pointed nut clam
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium nativitatis
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides sp.
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810 horn snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium praevarium, Cerithium sp., Alabina asperoides
Bittium praevarium cerith snail
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Alabina asperoides cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina sp.
Littorina sp. Ferussac 1821 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus macrophragma
Petaloconchus macrophragma Carpenter 1857 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices sp., "Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp.
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) sp." = Strioterebrum
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) sp." = Strioterebrum Sacco 1891 auger snail