Where: Brazil (10.7° S, 37.2° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° S, 4.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Angico Member (Riachuelo Formation), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• associated to the Aptian ammonite Cheloniceras sp.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, massive, argillaceous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: mechanical,
• Associated fauna is composed of other bivalves, serpulids, ammonites, gastropods and echinoids.
Primary reference: M. H. Hessel. 2004. Gervillia (Gervillia) solenoidea Defrance, 1820 (Bivalvia Bakevelliidae) do Neo-Aptiano de Sergipe, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 7(1):67-76 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 115143: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 29.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Gervillia (Gervillia) solenoidea Defrance 1820 oyster
Gervillia (Gervillia) sergipensis Mello et al. 2007 oyster | |
Neithea sp. Drouet 1824 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Cheloniceras sp. Hyatt 1903 ammonite |