Muzinho farm (Jurassic of Brazil)

Where: Piaui, Brazil (6.8° S, 43.0° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° S, 10.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Jurassic (201.4 - 145.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; green, silty mudstone and black shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, replaced with carbon

Collected by n/a in n/a

Primary reference: P. M. Brito and V. Gallo. 2002. A new pleuropholid, Gondwanapleuropholis longimaxillaris n. g., n. sp. (Actinopterygii: Teleostei) from the Jurassic of north east Brazil. Comptes Rendus Palevol 1(8):697-703 [S. Peters/S. McMullen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133340: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Sharon McMullen on 10.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Pholidophoriformes - Pleuropholidae