Late Emsian/Eifelian Loc. 12 of Melo: Chapada dos Guimaraes (Devonian to of Brazil)

Where: Mato Grosso, Brazil (15.0° S, 56.0° W: paleocoordinates 75.8° S, 77.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Chapada Group, Emsian to Emsian (407.6 - 387.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and shale

• No explicit lithology given for this locality. Chapada Group as a whole consists of shales, silts, and sands, much like the Ponta Grossa to the south. It is generally sandier, however, and inferred to represent shallower water.

Primary reference: J. H. G. Melo. 1988. The Malvinokaffric realm in the Devonian of Brazil. N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, and D. J. Glass, eds. Devonian of the World, Volume I. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. Calgary, Alberta, Canada 669-703 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 37115: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 02.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp., "Lingula" sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
"Lingula" sp. Bruguiére 1797
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida -
Australostrophia sp.
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Notiochonetes sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Australospirifer sp.
 Spiriferida -
"Spiriferacea indet." = Spiriferoidea
"Spiriferacea indet." = Spiriferoidea King 1846
 Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Australocoelia sp.
 Terebratulida -
Terebratulida indet.
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Mutationellinae indet., "Derbyina sp." = Derbyina, ""Derbyina" sp." = Derbyina, "Paranaia sp." = Derbyina
"Derbyina sp." = Derbyina
""Derbyina" sp." = Derbyina
"Paranaia sp." = Derbyina
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Plectonotus sp., Ptomatis sp.
Plectonotus sp. Clarke 1899 snail
Ptomatis sp. Clarke 1899 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Platyceras (Platyostoma) sp." = Platyostoma
"Platyceras (Platyostoma) sp." = Platyostoma Conrad 1842 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp.
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoidea indet.
Nuculoidea indet. Williams and Berger 1916 nut clam
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Solemya (Janeia) sp." = Solemya
"Solemya (Janeia) sp." = Solemya Children 1823 Awning Clam
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet., Ostracoda "Gen.nov."
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Ostracoda "Gen.nov." Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
smooth, convex pygidium; Melo 1985, pl. 25
 Phacopida - Calmoniidae
Phacopina sp.
Phacopina sp. Clarke 1913 trilobite
 Harpetida - Harpetidae
"Harpes" sp.
"Harpes" sp. Goldfuss 1839 trilobite
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Conularia sp.
Conularia sp. jellyfish