Poty Quarry locality, near Recife (Paleocene of Brazil)

Where: Pernambuco, Brazil (8.1° S, 35.9° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° S, 23.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: gray marl

• "The depositional environment was interpreted as coastal shallow waters, representing the end of the Paleocene marine regression"
• "The Poty Quarry exposes cyclic alternations of limestone and clay-marl and shale"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Material was prepared with the aid of steel needles; Methacrylate resin was used to reattach fragments; "Magnesium chloride smoke was used to enhance anatomical details...", The specimens are housed at the Collection de Paleovertebrados of the Museu Nacional/UFRJ

Primary reference: V. Gallo and F. De Figueiredo. 2003. Farinichthys gigas, a new Albulid fish (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) from the Paleocene of the Pernambuco-Paraiba Basin, northeastern Brazil. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(4):747-758 [J. Alroy/D. Lamb/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49305: authorized by John Alroy, entered by David Lamb on 12.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

• noted invertebrates (used for paleoenvironmetal interpretation): "mollusks, crustaceans, insects, and echinoids"; "fish and reptile remains" also noted
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Actinopteri
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Farinichthys gigas n. gen. n. sp.
Farinichthys gigas n. gen. n. sp. Gallo and De Figueiredo 2003 bonefish