Pernambuco (Eocene of Brazil)

Where: Brazil (8.0° S, 37.0° W: paleocoordinates 10.7° S, 25.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Lower Eocene, for which justification is not stated. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From uknown position in local section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description and figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Brazilian Geological Survey. REPOSITORY: Brazilian Geological Survey.

Primary reference: C. J. Maury. 1936. Monographias do Servico Geologico E Mineralogico 11:1-283 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87914: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to bivalves and gastropods described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature, but with some species-resolution identification where possible.
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae