Where: São Paulo, Brazil (22.3° S, 47.6° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° S, 17.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Corumbataí Formation (Passa Dois Group), Capitanian to Capitanian (264.3 - 254.2 Ma)
• Corumbataí Formation is Capitanian - Wuchiapingian in age based on a combination of U/Pb zircon dating and relationship with other local formations (Rocha-Campos et al. 2019)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. C. Mendes. 1952. Formação Corumbataí na região do Rio Corumbataí (estratigrafia e descrição dos lamelibrânquios). Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia Ciéncias e Letras 145. Series Geologia 8:1-119 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 206351: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 13.11.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pinzonella illusa Cowper Reed 1932 clam | |
Plesiocyprinella carinata Holdhaus 1918 clam
Ferrazia cardinalis Cowper Reed 1932 clam |