Luis Correa (Miocene of Brazil)
Where: Piaui, Brazil (2.9° S, 41.7° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° S, 37.5° 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 112600: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.07.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Thecostraca | |
Megabalanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus 1758 barnacle | |
Bivalvia | |
"Anadara (Scapharca) egleri" = Scapharca, "Arca (Arca) imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata
"Anadara (Scapharca) egleri" = Scapharca clam
"Arca (Arca) imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam | |
"Chlamys (Argopecten) cf. concinnatus" = Argopecten
"Chlamys (Argopecten) cf. concinnatus" = Argopecten calico scallop | |
Chione (Chione) subrostrata Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Pitar (Lamelliconcha) diminuta venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Potamides woodringi horn snail | |
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) terpena cerith snail | |
Turritella sulcigyrata turret shell | |
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail |