PSst-1-RS (30-33 m) - Rio Grande do Sul: Holocene, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla cf. atypha
12 specimens
Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) informal sp. A (Philippi 1841)
1 specimen
Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) interrupta (Totten 1835)
2 specimens
recombined as Turbonilla interrupta
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) aculeata (Gmelin 1791)
8 specimens
recombined as Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Crepidula (Crepidula) protea d'Orbigny 1941
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium (Epitonium) georgettina (Kiener 1838)
2 specimens
recombined as Epitonium georgettinum
Gastropoda - Planaxidae
Fossarus florius
12 specimens
Gastropoda - Scaliolidae
Alabina cerithidioides (Dall 1889)
1 specimen
synonym of Finella dubia
[entered as Alabina cerithioides]
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Olivina) tehuelchana (d'Orbigny 1841)
15 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis (Anachis) catenata
1 specimen
Anachis cf. isabellei
1 specimen
Anachis (Costoanachis) avara (Say 1822)
3 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 - Liotiidae
Didianema duplinensis
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Halistylus columna Dall 1890
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Lunarca) ovalis (Bruguiere 1789)
32 specimens
recombined as Lunarca ovalis
Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana (Lamarck 1819)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Chlamys) tehuelchus (d'Orbigny 1842)
1 specimen
recombined as Aequipecten tehuelchus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea (Ostrea) puelchana (d'Orbigny 1842)
1 specimen
recombined as Ostrea (Eostrea) puelchana
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella maldonadoensis (Pilsbry 1897)
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra (Mactra) patagonica (d'Orbigny 1846)
original and current combination Mactra patagonica
Mactra (Mactra) marplatensis (Doello-Jurado 1918)
26 specimens
original and current combination Mactra marplatensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar (Pitar) rostratum (Koch 1943)
1 specimen
recombined as Pitar rostratus
Amiantis (Amiantis) purpurata (Lamarck 1818)
1 specimen
recombined as Amiantis purpurata
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula (Caryocorbula) caribaea (d'Orbigny 1845)
19 specimens
recombined as Caryocorbula caribaea
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 30-33 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:72118
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-05-25 07:44:02 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-05-25 07:44:02
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]