Chuí Creek, M001, M002, M003, M004 (Pleistocene of Brazil)

Where: Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (33.6° S, 53.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° S, 53.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museu de Ciências Naturais of Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, Paleovertebrates Collection, Porto Alegre

Primary reference: R. P. Lopes, L. R. Simone, S. R. Dillenburg, C. L. Schultz, and J. C. Pereira. 2013. A middle Pleistocene marine molluscan assemblage from the Southern coastal plain of Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 16(3):343-360 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175628: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 22.12.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Tegulidae
"Tegula patagonica" = Agathistoma patagonicum
"Tegula patagonica" = Agathistoma patagonicum d'Orbigny 1835 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora patagonica dOrbigny 1839 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Bostrycapulus odites Collin 2005 slipper shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivancillaria deshayesiana Ducros 1857 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Buccinanops duartei" = Bullia (Buccinanops), "Buccinanops gradatus" = Bullia (Buccinanops)
"Buccinanops duartei" = Bullia (Buccinanops) snail
"Buccinanops gradatus" = Bullia (Buccinanops) snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Lamniconus lemniscatus cone shell
spp. carcellesi
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra gemmulata auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Zidona dufresnei Donovan 1823 volute
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia bisulcata Lamarck 1819 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Anadara brasiliana" = Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana, Lunarca ovalis, "Anadara chemnitzi" = Arca chemnitzi
"Anadara brasiliana" = Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana Lamarck 1819 ark
Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark
"Anadara chemnitzi" = Arca chemnitzi Philippi 1851 ark
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris longior Sowerby 1832 clam
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys tehuelchus" = Aequipecten tehuelchus
"Chlamys tehuelchus" = Aequipecten tehuelchus d'Orbigny 1842 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea rhizophorae Guilding 1828 oyster
"Ostrea puelchana" = Ostrea (Eostrea) puelchana d'Orbigny 1842 oyster
Ostrea equestris Say 1834 oyster
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula caribaea" = Caryocorbula caribaea d'Orbigny 1845 clam
Erodona mactroides Daudin 1802 clam