Where: Paraná, Brazil (23.2° S, 50.0° W: paleocoordinates 41.0° S, 21.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Serrinha Member (Rio do Rasto Formation), Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: mechanical,
• Repository: Museu de Ciências Naturais, Setor de Ciências Biológicas,
•Universidade Federal do Paraná (MCN)
Primary reference: V. E. Pauliv, E. V. Dias, and F. A. Sedor. 2012. A new species of sphenacanthid (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Rio do Rasto Formation (Paraná basin), southern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 15:243-250 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138449: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Sphenacanthus riorastoensis n. sp.
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