Where: Piauí, Brazil (5.4° S, 42.8° W: paleocoordinates 29.8° S, 12.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Pedra de Fogo Formation, Cisuralian (298.9 - 272.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, massive, brown mudstone and lithified, fine-grained sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: All specimens were recovered at quarries along the PI-130 highway, where silicified claystone blocks are extracted for use as construction material in Teresina and neighbouring cities.
Primary reference: J. C. Cisneros, K. Angielczyk, C. F. Kammerer, R. M. H. Smith, J. Fröbisch, C. A. Marsicano, and M. Richter. 2020. Captorhinid reptiles from the lower Permian Pedra de Fogo Formation, Piauí, Brazil: the earliest herbivorous tetrapods in Gondwana. PeerJ 8:e8719 [B. Gee/B. Gee/B. Gee]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 218113: authorized by Bryan Gee, entered by Bryan Gee on 18.02.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Karutia fortunata n. gen. n. sp.
Karutia fortunata n. gen. n. sp. Cisneros et al. 2020 parareptile MAP PV855 (holotype), partial disarticulated skeleton
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