Where: Brazil (4.8° S, 42.6° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° S, 16.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Piauí Formation, Morrowan to Morrowan (323.2 - 306.0 Ma)
• Dolostone beds, 15 m thick, in the upper part of the Piauí Formation, contain a rich Middle Pennsylvanian (Morrowan-Desmoinesian) fauna
Environment/lithology: platform or shelf-margin reef; carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
• All studied specimens were collected from three carbonate facies of the Piauí formation
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: L.E. Anelli, A.C. Rocha-Campos, and M. G. Simões. 2006. Pennsylvanian Pteriomorphian Bivalves from the Piauí Formation, Parnaíba Basin, Brazil. Journal of Paleontology 80(6):1125-1141 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 211609: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 23.07.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
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? Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam | |
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? Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam
Septimyalina perattenuata Meek and Hayden 1858 clam | |
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? Meekopinna americana Meek 1867 oyster
? Aviculopinna peracuta Shumard and Swallow 1858 oyster | |
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? Caneyella sp. Girty 1910 oyster
Leptodesma (Leiopteria) matheri Elias 1957 oyster
Leptodesma (Leptodesma) potens Hall 1883 oyster | |
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Etheripecten trichotomus Kegel and Costa 1951 scallop | |
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Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop | |
Pindorama nordestina n. sp.
Pindorama nordestina n. sp. Anelli et al. 2006 scallop | |