Where: Paraíba, Brazil (7.3° S, 34.8° W: paleocoordinates 11.4° S, 19.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Maastrichtian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy; Roudairia zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local stratigraphic section.
•JA: originally entered by Hendy as Campanian but comment clearly says Maastrichtian, so I've changed the entry
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of Brazil.
Primary reference: C. J. Maury. 1930. O Cretaceo da Parahyba do Norte. Serviço Geologico E Mineralogico do Brasil Monographia 8:1-305 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88074: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.03.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Pyrina parahybensis n. sp.
Pyrina parahybensis n. sp. Maury 1930 sea urchin | |
Coelopleurus castroi n. sp.
Coelopleurus castroi n. sp. Maury 1930 sea urchin | |
Gastropoda | |
Turritella brunnhilda n. sp., Turritella totiumsanctorum n. sp., Turritella antigona n. sp., Turritella arethusa n. sp.
Turritella brunnhilda n. sp. Maury 1930 turret shell
Turritella totiumsanctorum n. sp. Maury 1930 turret shell
Turritella antigona n. sp. Maury 1930 turret shell
Turritella arethusa n. sp. Maury 1930 turret shell | |
Natica parahybensis n. sp.
Natica parahybensis n. sp. Maury 1930 moon snail | |
Campanile brasiliense n. sp.
Campanile brasiliense n. sp. snail | |
Bivalvia | |
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Pholadomya parahybensis n. sp.
Pholadomya parahybensis n. sp. Maury 1930 clam | |
Corbula lyra n. sp.
Corbula lyra n. sp. Maury 1930 clam | |
Roudairia brasiliensis n. sp.
Roudairia brasiliensis n. sp. Maury 1930 clam | |
Cardium riogramamense n. sp.
Cardium riogramamense n. sp. Maury 1930 cockle | |
Trigonarca jessupae n. sp.
Trigonarca jessupae n. sp. Maury 1930 clam | |
Cucullaea freia n. sp. Maury 1930 clam
Cucullaea isolda n. sp. Maury 1930 clam
Cucullaea erda n. sp. Maury 1930 clam
Eusebia stantoni n. sp. Maury 1930 clam | |
Plicatula parahybensis n. sp.
Plicatula parahybensis n. sp. Maury 1930 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Glyptoxoceras sp. Spath 1925 ammonite |