Ponta do Itaacu (Miocene of Brazil)

Where: Maranhao, Brazil (2.4° S, 44.4° W: paleocoordinates 2.3° S, 40.2° 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 112597: 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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Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Adrana agronomica Maury 1924 pointed nut clam
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria cf. serini pearl oyster
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Apolymetis (Florimetis) trinitaria" = Florimetis trinitaria
"Apolymetis (Florimetis) trinitaria" = Florimetis trinitaria Dall 1900 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina sp. Ferussac 1821 periwinkle
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) sp." = Strioterebrum
"Terebra (Strioterebrum) sp." = Strioterebrum Sacco 1891 auger snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus macrophragma Carpenter 1857 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena, Polinices sp.
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810 horn snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Alabina asperoides cerith snail
Bittium praevarium cerith snail