Meruóca Farmstead, Near the José de Freitas village (Carboniferous of Brazil)

Also known as Meruóca dolostones, Piauí Formation

Where: Piauí, Brazil (4.7° S, 42.6° W: paleocoordinates 39.3° S, 17.3° W)

When: Meruóca Member (Piauí Formation), Morrowan (323.2 - 318.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: dolomite

• dolostone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Anelli, A. C. Rocha-Campos, M. G. Simoes and R. Peck. 2009. Pennsylvanian Heteroconchia (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from the Piauí Formation, Parnaíba Basin, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 12(2):93-112 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174772: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 27.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
? Pleurophorella sp., Pleurophorella parnaibaensis n. sp.
Pleurophorella parnaibaensis n. sp. Anelli et al. 2009 clam