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

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Arca) imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata, "Anadara (Scapharca) egleri" = Scapharca
"Arca (Arca) imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam
"Anadara (Scapharca) egleri" = Scapharca clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Argopecten) cf. concinnatus" = Argopecten
"Chlamys (Argopecten) cf. concinnatus" = Argopecten calico scallop
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Caenogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Megabalanus tintinnabulum Linnaeus 1758 barnacle