Colonia Pedro Teixeira (Miocene of Brazil)
Where: Brazil (1.2° S, 47.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 43.1° 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 112581: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.07.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Flabellum lyricum stony coral
Flabellum wailesi stony coral | |
Thecostraca | |
Malacostraca | |
Acanthocarpus obscurus Rathbun 1918 box crab | |
Pirabacarcinus iara n. gen. n. sp.
Pirabacarcinus iara n. gen. n. sp. Lima et al. 2024 crab | |
Hepatella amazonica Beurlen 1958 crab | |
Parthenope trituberculata Beurlen 1958 crab | |
Neptunus haitensis, Neptunus sp., Portunus haitensis, Callinectes reticulatus, Callinectes paraensis, Scylla costata
Neptunus haitensis swimming crab
Neptunus sp. de Haan 1839 swimming crab
Portunus haitensis Rathbun 1923 swimming crab
Callinectes reticulatus Rathbun 1918 swimming crab
Callinectes paraensis Beurlen 1958 swimming crab
Scylla costata Rathbun 1919 swimming crab | |
Sesarma paraensis Beurlen 1958 crab | |
Gymnolaemata | |
Bivalvia | |
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Neopycnodonta zomerysis oyster | |
Cubitostrea glucomarides oyster | |
Chlamys (Chlamys) callimorpha, "Chlamys (Leptopecten) latiaurata" = Leptopecten, "Chlamys (Chlamys) sentis" = Caribachlamys sentis, "Chlamys (Argopecten) capanemensis" = Argopecten
Chlamys (Chlamys) callimorpha scallop
"Chlamys (Leptopecten) latiaurata" = Leptopecten scallop
"Chlamys (Chlamys) sentis" = Caribachlamys sentis Reeve 1853 scallop
"Chlamys (Argopecten) capanemensis" = Argopecten calico scallop | |
Periglypta multicostata Sowerby 1835 venus clam
Pitar circinatus venus clam | |
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Turbinella tuberculata snail | |
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
Turritella sulcigyrata turret shell | |
Actinopteri | |
Sphyraena cunhai Silva-Santos and Travassos 1960 barracuda | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Sphyrna prisca" = Cestracion prisca
"Sphyrna prisca" = Cestracion prisca Agassiz 1843 bullhead shark | |
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Sphyrna magna Cope 1868 hammerhead shark | |
Galeocerdo paulinoi tiger shark | |
Carcharhinus ackermanni requiem shark
Scoliodon taxandriae Leriche 1926 requiem shark | |
"Ginglymostoma serra" = Nebrius serra
"Ginglymostoma serra" = Nebrius serra Leidy 1877 nurse shark | |
"Palaeomyliobatis priabensis" = Myliobatis, Rhinoptera studeri
"Palaeomyliobatis priabensis" = Myliobatis eagle ray
Rhinoptera studeri Agassiz 1843 cownose ray | |
Echinoidea | |
Phyllacanthus priscus pencil urchin | |
Cassidulus sp. Lamarck 1801 sea urchin | |
"Abertella complanata" = Placatenella complanata
"Abertella complanata" = Placatenella complanata Brito 1981 sand dollar | |
Clypeaster paulinoi sand dollar |