Where: Pernambuco, Brazil (8.8° S, 35.1° W: paleocoordinates 14.7° S, 12.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Estiva Formation, Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit; Estiva Fm from de Simone & Mezzalira (1994). AGE: Late Turonian to Emscherian (Coniacian-Santonian), on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy; author suggests that Emscherian is more likely. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local stratigraphic section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of Brazil.
Primary reference: C. J. Maury. 1930. O Cretaceo da Parahyba do Norte. Serviço Geologico E Mineralogico do Brasil Monographia 8:1-305 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88093: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Actaeonella tamandarensis n. sp., Actaeonella cf. silvai, Actaeonella lucianoi n. sp., Actaeonella pompei n. sp.
Actaeonella tamandarensis n. sp. Maury 1930 snail
Actaeonella cf. silvai Maury 1925 snail
Actaeonella lucianoi n. sp. Maury 1930 snail
Actaeonella pompei n. sp. Maury 1930 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Lima (Plagiostoma) fazendaestivica n. sp. Maury 1930 file clam |