Angico (Miocene of Brazil)

Where: Piaui, Brazil (2.8° S, 41.7° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° S, 37.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Pirabas Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 112599: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides suprasulcatus
Potamides suprasulcatus Gabb 1873 horn snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum sp., Natica cenrena
Sinum sp. Röding 1798 moon snail
Natica cenrena moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
"Vexillum (Uromitra) cf. triptum" = Uromitra
"Vexillum (Uromitra) cf. triptum" = Uromitra ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Tiara) sp.
Mitra (Tiara) sp. Swainson 1831 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Metula sp., Tritiaria (Antillophos) cf. elegans
Metula sp. Adams and Adams 1853 true whelk