Between San José and Valenzuele (Permian of Paraguay)

Where: Paraguay (25.6° S, 56.8° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° S, 30.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Terezina Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• Presence of Pinzonella suggests a position in the Teresina Formation (Guerrini et al., 2019). Teresina Formation assigned to Wordian by Rocha-Campos et al. (2019) on the basis of radiometric dating.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, fine-grained sandstone

• "Pinkish or buff-coloured fine-grained sandstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Windhausen in 1924; reposited in the SM

Primary reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1935. Some Triassic lamellibranchs from Brazil and Paraguay. Geological Magazine 72:33-42 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209021: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.04.2020

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
Pinzonella cf. illusa Cowper Reed 1932 clam