Where: Brazil (32.2° S, 52.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.2° S, 52.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit. THICKNESS: From drill hole of at least 45 m thick, from 3 m thick unit. AGE: Holocene, based of faunal similarity with Uruguan and Argentinian Holocene assemblages. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 24-27 m in drill hole.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: core,
• COLLECTOR: Petrobas Petroleum Company. REPOSITORY: Unknown repository, possibly the School of Geology, National Science Institute, Brazil.
Primary reference: I. R. da Silva Forti. 1969. Cenozoic Mollusks from the drillholes Cassino and Palmares do Sul of the Coastal Plain of Rio Grande do Sul. Iheringia Geologia 2:55-155 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 72125: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Crassinella maldonadoensis Pilsbry 1897 clam | |
"Corbula iheringiana" = Sphenia iheringiana
"Corbula iheringiana" = Sphenia iheringiana Pilsbry 1897 softshell clam | |
"Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) nasuta" = Caryocorbula nasuta
"Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) nasuta" = Caryocorbula nasuta Sowerby 1833 clam | |
"Mactra (Mactra) patagonica" = Mactra patagonica, "Mactra (Mactra) marplatensis" = Mactra marplatensis
"Mactra (Mactra) patagonica" = Mactra patagonica d'Orbigny 1846 clam
"Mactra (Mactra) marplatensis" = Mactra marplatensis Doello-Jurado 1918 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Littoridina australis" = Heleobia australis
"Littoridina australis" = Heleobia australis d'Orbigny 1837 snail | |
Olivella (Olivina) tehuelchana d'Orbigny 1841 olive snail | |
Anachis cf. isabellei, "Anachis (Costoanachis) avara" = Costoanachis avara
Anachis cf. isabellei true whelk
"Anachis (Costoanachis) avara" = Costoanachis avara Say 1822 true whelk | |
Tectonatica pusilla Say 1822 moon snail | |
"Acteon punctostriata" = Japonactaeon punctostriata
"Acteon punctostriata" = Japonactaeon punctostriata Adams 1840 snail | |
"Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) interrupta" = Turbonilla interrupta
"Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) interrupta" = Turbonilla interrupta Totten 1835 snail |