PSst-1-RS (24-27 m) - Rio Grande do Sul: Holocene, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Halistylus columna Dall 1890
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula (Crepidula) protea d'Orbigny 1941
11 specimens
Gastropoda - Scaliolidae
Alabina cerithidioides (Dall 1889)
4 specimens
synonym of Finella dubia
Gastropoda - Planaxidae
Fossarus florius
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium (Epitonium) georgettina (Kiener 1838)
1 specimen
recombined as Epitonium georgettinum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Olivina) tehuelchana (d'Orbigny 1841)
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius coppingeri
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis (Costoanachis) avara (Say 1822)
2 specimens
Colombella avara
Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa (Adams 1845)
1 specimen
recombined as Parvanachis obesa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia patagonica (d'Orbigny 1841)
1 specimen
recombined as Spirotropis patagonica
Gastropoda - Hydrobiidae
Littoridina australis (d'Orbigny 1837)
1 specimen
recombined as Heleobia australis
Gastropoda - Caecidae
Caecum (Elephantanellum) imbricatum (Carpenter 1858)
1 specimen
original and current combination Caecum imbricatum
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Tectonatica pusilla (Say 1822)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna (Cylichnella) bidentata (d'Orbigny 1841)
1 specimen
recombined as Acteocina bidentata
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla cf. atypha
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) semiornata (d'Orbigny 1846)
1 specimen
recombined as Nucula (Lamellinucula) semiornata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Carditamera (Carditamera) plata (Ihering 1907)
1 specimen
recombined as Carditamera plata
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina (Bellucina) informal sp. A (Dall 1901)
1 specimen
synonym of Cardiolucina
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) caribaea (d'Orbigny 1845)
1 specimen
recombined as Caryocorbula caribaea
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Clausinella gayi (Húpe 1854)
7 specimens
Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin 1792)
3 specimens
Amiantis (Amiantis) purpurata (Lamarck 1818)
2 specimens
recombined as Amiantis purpurata
Pitar (Pitar) rostratum (Koch 1943)
1 specimen
recombined as Pitar rostratus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra (Mactra) marplatensis (Doello-Jurado 1918)
9 specimens
original and current combination Mactra marplatensis
Mactra (Mactra) patagonica (d'Orbigny 1846)
7 specimens
original and current combination Mactra patagonica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax hanleyanus Philippi 1845
1 specimen
synonym of Donax hilairea
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis (Röding 1798)
1 specimen
Anadara (Lunarca) ovalis (Bruguiere 1789)
2 specimens
recombined as Lunarca ovalis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea (Alectryonia) equestris (Say 1834)
1 specimen
original and current combination Ostrea equestris
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil
Coordinates: 30.2° South, 50.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.2° South, 50.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 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.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology, presumably from unlithified siliciclastic facies. LITHIFICATION: Presumably unlithified given age and figured specimens.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow siliciclastic marine environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Petrobas Petroleum Company. REPOSITORY: Unknown repository, possibly the School of Geology, National Science Institute, Brazil.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. Other groups not discussed. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with subgenus and species level designations, but nevertheless somewhat antiquated.
Metadata
Database number:72116
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-05-25 07:43:02 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2007-05-25 07:43:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24412. 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]