Sitio Cassiano: Early/Lower Miocene, Brazil
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Rhyzochlatrus vidalis
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Gymnolaemata
- Cheilostomata
- Steginoporellidae
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Steginoporella pirabensis
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica canrena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Naticarius canrena | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar circinatus
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Rhinopteridae
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Rhinoptera studeri
(Agassiz 1843)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Flabellidae
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Flabellum wailesi
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Geography
| Country: | Brazil | State/province: | Para |
| Coordinates: | 1.2° South, 47.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.2° South, 43.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Pirabas |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 112593 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-07-13 02:07:41 | Last modified: | 2011-07-12 12:07:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-07-13 02:07:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36658. | 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] |