Angico: Early/Lower Miocene, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Potamides suprasulcatus (Gabb 1873)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica cenrena
Sinum sp. Röding 1798
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Metula sp. Adams and Adams 1853
Tritiaria (Antillophos) cf. elegans (Guppy 1866)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Tiara) sp. (Swainson 1831)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum (Uromitra) cf. triptum
original and current combination Uromitra
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Piaui
Coordinates: 2.8° South, 41.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.6° South, 37.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pirabas
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
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:112599
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-07-13 03:13:25 Last modified:2011-07-12 13:13:25
Access level:the public Released:2011-07-13 03:13:25
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]