Jazida B-17: Early Miocene, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Foraminiferida
Foraminiferida indet. (Eichwald 1830)
Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Aphrocallistidae
Aphrocallistes lobata (Pomel 1872)
Aphrocallistes estevoui Termier and Termier 1981
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) fernandesi Tavora et al. 2002
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum lyricum
Flabellum wailesi
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Prionocidaris sp. Agassiz 1863
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Agassizia eugeniae
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Placatenellidae
Abertella complanata Brito 1981
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Reptilia - Testudines
Pleurodira indet. Cope 1865
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxitherium sp. (de Christol 1840)
Rytiodus sp. Lartet 1866
Dioplotherium allisoni (Kilmer 1965)
unclassified
Macrocalista maculata
Polystria albida
Callapa circularis
Criptodira indet.
Crassispira (Crassispira) jamaicensis Guppy 1866
Umbrella derbyi
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon subauriculatus (Agassiz 1839)
Ferreira Costa et al. 2009
based on Costa et al. 2009 who corrected this identification from C. megalodon to C. subauriculatus
Isurus novus
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna magna Cope 1868
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo paulinoi
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus ackermanii
Carcharhinus priscusi
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Carcharhinus egertoni Agassiz 1843
Scoliodon taxandriae Leriche 1926
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Ginglymostoma serra (Leidy 1877)
Nebrius obliquus (Leidy 1877)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus canoasensis Olsson 1931
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara brasiliana (Lamarck 1819)
Scapharca (Cunearca) melloi (Maury 1924)
Barbatia disclusa
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris bineminis
Glycymeris pirabensis
Glycymeris acuticostata (Sowerby 1849)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Cubitostrea glucomarides
Crassostrea distans
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) graptea
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula eroessa
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus bostrychites Guppy 1867
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Argopecten) tetristriata
Chlamys (Argopecten) daideleus (Maury 1924)
Chlamys (Chlamys) callimorpha
Chlamys (Chlamys) indissolubilis (Maury 1924)
Chlamys thalerus (Maury 1924)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Linga (Linga) glenni (Dall 1903)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra chipolana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia concentrica (Born 1778)
Mercenaria prototypa
Chama (Lirophora) agraria (White 1887)
Chama (Lirophora) paphia (Linnaeus 1767)
Ventricolaria thalestris
Clementia dariena (Conrad 1855)
Pitar circinatus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama eudeiela
Chama (Argopecten) daidela
Chama (Lirophora) penthesileae
Arcinella callipona
Arcinella praearcinella
Arcinella yaquensis (Maury 1917)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina celetes
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium indistinctum
Cardium (Neocardium) indistinctum
Cardium philotarium Maury 1924
Laevicardium laevigatum (Linnaeus 1758)
Trachycardium paraense
Cardium pessoae Maury 1924
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Caryocorbula) delgada
Corbula (Caryocorbula) mimosa
Corbula (Caryocorbula) querida
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia isaurae Maury 1924
Venericardia perimetra Maury 1924
Cardita morganiana
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissuridea derbyi Maury 1924
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma (Eutrochus) decampose
Trochus cirrus White 1887
Calliostoma pirabicum Maury 1924
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium pachecoi
Cerithium pirabicum
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Mesalia rathbuni Maury 1934
Turritella (Torcula) paraensis
Turritella meunieri
Turritella sulcigyrata
Turritella tuberculata
Turritella (Torcula) altilira (Conrad 1857)
Turritella gatunensis Conrad 1857
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Pachycrommium nativitatis
Gastropoda - Thersiteidae
Orthaulax brasiliensis Maury 1925
Orthaulax pugnax (Heilprin 1887)
Orthaulax inornatus Gabb 1872
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora conchyliophora (Born 1780)
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus paraensis (White 1887)
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea pennae (White 1887)
Cypraea macrovoluta Ferreira and Cunha 1957
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Turbinella tuberculata
Turbinella brasilianus (Maury 1934)
Xancus brasilianus Maury 1934
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria calypso
Cancellaria hatti
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Fusus baumanni
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Tritonidea amazonica
Colubraria conditorius
Colubraria lisboae
Colubraria longesperatus
Colubraria pachecoi
Colubraria paraensis
Colubraria pirabensis
Colubraria restitutus
Colubraria withei
Colubraria (Conorbis) restitutus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia consors (Sowerby 1850)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Surcula (Pleurofusia) camposi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra senecta
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva paraensis
Oliva pirabica
Olivella paraensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex pennae Maury 1934
Murex brevifrons Lamarck 1822
Murex (Chicoreus) brevifrons (Lamarck 1822)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria calligona Maury 1934
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Sconsia felix (Maury 1934)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Amauropsis nativitatis
Lunatia lunula
Natica canrena (Linnaeus 1758)
Natica (Stigmaulax) sulcata (Born 1778)
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Manzonia apudina
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Cylindritella crassilicata
Cylindritella truncata
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Necronectes tajinensis Vega et al. 1999
Scylla costata Rathbun 1919
Euphylax septendentatus Beurlen 1958
Callinectes pirabensis
Callinectes sp. Stimpson 1860
Callinectes reticulatus Rathbun 1918
Callinectes cf. declivis Rathbun 1918
Portunus atecuicitilis
Portunus spimanus
Portunus haitensis (Rathbun 1923)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae
Tetraxanthus rathbunae Chace 1939
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae
Acanthocarpus obscurus (Rathbun 1918)
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus improvisus Darwin 1854
Balanus eburneus Gould 1841
Megabalanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus 1758)
Balanus dentivarians Henry 1974
unclassified
Scapharca (Cunearca) brasiliana (Lamarck 1819)
Anisopetalus oliveirai
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Para
Coordinates: 1.0° South, 47.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.0° South, 43.0° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Early Miocene
Age range of interval: 23.03 - 15.98 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pirabas
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:112590
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:C. Pimiento Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-07-13 01:39:51 Last modified:2014-08-01 05:43:45
Access level:the public Released:2011-07-13 01:39:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
36658. V. Araujo Tavora, A. A. R. dos Santos, and R. N. Araujo. 2010. Localidades fossiliferas da Formacao Pirabas (Mioceno Inferior). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Ciências Naturais, Belém 5(2):207-224 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

52106 S. A. R. Ferreira Costa, M. Richter, P.M. Toledo and H.M. Moraes-Santos. 2009. Shark teeth from Pirabas Formation (Lower Miocene), northeastern Amazonia, Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 4(3):221-230 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]