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

unclassified
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum lyricum stony coral
Flabellum wailesi stony coral
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Acanthocarpus obscurus Rathbun 1918 box crab
 Decapoda - Pilumnidae
Pirabacarcinus iara n. gen. n. sp.
Pirabacarcinus iara n. gen. n. sp. Lima et al. 2024 crab
 Decapoda - Aethridae
Hepatella amazonica Beurlen 1958 crab
 Decapoda - Parthenopidae
Parthenope trituberculata Beurlen 1958 crab
 Decapoda - Portunidae
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
 Decapoda - Sesarmidae
Sesarma paraensis Beurlen 1958 crab
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Steginoporellidae
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus canoasensis Olsson 1931 mussel
subspecies vidali
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) callimorpha, "Chlamys (Leptopecten) latiaurata" = Leptopecten, "Chlamys (Chlamys) sentis" = Caribachlamys sentis, "Chlamys (Argopecten) capanemensis" = Argopecten
"Chlamys (Leptopecten) latiaurata" = Leptopecten scallop
"Chlamys (Chlamys) sentis" = Caribachlamys sentis Reeve 1853 scallop
"Chlamys (Argopecten) capanemensis" = Argopecten calico scallop
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta multicostata Sowerby 1835 venus clam
Pitar circinatus venus clam
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Actinopteri
 Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena cunhai Silva-Santos and Travassos 1960 barracuda
 Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Chondrichthyes
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
"Sphyrna prisca" = Cestracion prisca
"Sphyrna prisca" = Cestracion prisca Agassiz 1843 bullhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna magna Cope 1868 hammerhead shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Scoliodon taxandriae Leriche 1926 requiem shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
"Ginglymostoma serra" = Nebrius serra
"Ginglymostoma serra" = Nebrius serra Leidy 1877 nurse shark
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
"Palaeomyliobatis priabensis" = Myliobatis, Rhinoptera studeri
"Palaeomyliobatis priabensis" = Myliobatis eagle ray
Rhinoptera studeri Agassiz 1843 cownose ray
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Phyllacanthus priscus pencil urchin
 Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Cassidulus sp. Lamarck 1801 sea urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Placatenellidae
"Abertella complanata" = Placatenella complanata
"Abertella complanata" = Placatenella complanata Brito 1981 sand dollar
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae