Turiacu (Miocene of Brazil)

Where: Maranhao, Brazil (1.7° S, 45.4° W: paleocoordinates 1.6° S, 41.2° 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 112598: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraea pennae White 1887 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mesalia rathbuni Maury 1934 turret shell
Turritella (Torcula) altilira Conrad 1857 turret shell
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Calliostoma retectum Maury 1924 top snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora derbyi Maury 1924 snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys (Aequipecten) glendonensis Mansfield 1940 scallop
"Chlamys (Argopecten) daidela" = Argopecten calico scallop
Amusium papyraceum Gabb 1873 scallop
 Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia perimetra Maury 1924 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Dosinia concentrica" = Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica Born 1778 venus clam
Chione (Chione) paraensis White 1887 venus clam
"Ventricolaria thalestris" = Globivenus venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Fragum proavitum, "Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle