Calierira (Olaria) (Miocene of Brazil)

Where: Para, Brazil (1.2° S, 47.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 43.0° 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 112580: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Rhinoptera studera cownose ray
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna magna Cope 1868 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Hortia paraensis cone shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Leptopecten) latiaurata" = Leptopecten, "Chlamys (Argopecten) capanemensis" = Argopecten
"Chlamys (Leptopecten) latiaurata" = Leptopecten scallop
"Chlamys (Argopecten) capanemensis" = Argopecten calico scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Pycnodonta haitensis" = Hyotissa haitensis
"Pycnodonta haitensis" = Hyotissa haitensis Sowerby 1850 oyster
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar circinatus venus clam
"Clementia dariena" = Clementia (Clementia) dariena Conrad 1855 venus clam
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Hirtella
  -
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
 Ericales - Ebenaceae
Angiospermae
 Malvales - Malvaceae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
 Magnoliales - Annonaceae
Guatteria ackermannii custard apple
Guatteria basilata custard apple
 Caryophyllales - Nyctaginaceae
Pisonia ampliata birdcatcher tree