New records and redescriptions of brazilian Scleractinia corals (Itamaracá, Maria Farinha and Pirabas Formations)



Document title: New records and redescriptions of brazilian Scleractinia corals (Itamaracá, Maria Farinha and Pirabas Formations)
Journal: Paleontología mexicana
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000433024
ISSN: 2007-5189
Authors: 1
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2
Institutions: 1Universidade Federal do Para, Instituto de Geociencias, Belem, Para. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Geologia e Paleontologia, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
Year:
Volumen: 5
Number: 1
Pages: 71-86
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
Spanish abstract Especies de corales colectadas en estratos del Maastrichtiano Inferior, Paleoceno- Eoceno y Mioceno Inferior, correspondientes a las formaciones Itamaracá, Maria Farinha y Pirabas en Pernambuco y Pará provincias son identificadas y descritas. Esta fauna está representada por Actinastrea dickersoni (Wells, 1941), A. jukesbrownei (Wells, 1945), Caulastraea dendroidea (Coryell and Ohlsen, 1929), C. portoricensis (Coryell and Ohlsen, 1929), Ceratotrochus (C.) sp., Enallhelia aff. E. occidentalis Wells, 1944, Hydnophora latefundata Gregory, 1895, Stephanocoenia marylandica (Conrad, 1841), Trochocyathus (T.) collignoni (Alloiteau, 1958) y T. (Platycyathus) sp. También se presentan redescripciones de Cladocora sp., Stephanocoenia pernambucensis Fernandes, 1978, Stylophora silicensis Weisbord, 1973 y Paracyathus rugosus Vaughan, 1900
English abstract This work deals with the systematic study of the corals from Itamaracá, Maria Farinha and Pirabas formations (Lower Maastrichtian, Paleocene-Eocene and Lower Miocene, respectively) at Pernambuco and Pará states. Herein are presented the first records of the species Actinastrea dickersoni (Wells, 1941), A. jukesbrownei (Wells, 1945), Caulastraea dendroidea (Coryell and Ohlsen, 1929), C. portoricensis (Coryell and Ohlsen, 1929), Ceratotrochus (C.) sp., Enallhelia aff. E. occidentalis Wells, 1944, Hydnophora latefundata Gregory, 1895, Stephanocoenia marylandica (Conrad, 1841), Trochocyathus (T.) collignoni (Alloiteau, 1958) and T. (Platycyathus) sp. as well as redescriptions of Cladocora sp., Stephanocoenia pernambucensis Fernandes, 1978, Stylophora silicensis Weisbord, 1973 and Paracyathus rugosus Vaughan, 1900
Disciplines: Geociencias,
Biología
Keyword: Geología,
Paleontología,
Corales,
Scleractinia,
Maastrichtiano,
Terciario,
Brasil
Keyword: Geology,
Paleontology,
Corals,
Scleractinia,
Maastrichtian,
Tertiary,
Brazil
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