Where: Parana, Brazil (23.3° S, 49.7° W: paleocoordinates 74.5° S, 133.9° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Furnas Formation, Early/Lower Devonian (419.2 - 393.3 Ma)
• Based on current biostratigraphic information, no more precise an age than Early Devonian can be established. Plants are found in the upper part of the formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal; lithified siltstone and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. Mussa, L. Borghi, S. Bergamaschi, G. Schubert, E. Pereira and M. A. C. Rodrigues. 1996. Estudo Preliminar da Tafoflora de Formacao Furnas, Bacio do Parana, Brasil. Anais Academia brasiliera de Ciencias 68(1):65-89 [P. Gensel/M. Kotyk]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 11214: authorized by Pat Gensel, entered by Michele Kotyk on 24.07.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Sulculiphyton furnasensis n. gen. n. sp., Petriaia mimosissima n. gen. n. sp., Jaguariaivia meloii n. gen. n. sp., Sphaerullophyton originalis n. gen. n. sp., Brasilophyton gracile n. gen. n. sp., ? Lyonophyton sp., Edwardsnella campanulata n. gen. n. sp.
Sulculiphyton furnasensis n. gen. n. sp.
Petriaia mimosissima n. gen. n. sp.
Jaguariaivia meloii n. gen. n. sp.
Sphaerullophyton originalis n. gen. n. sp.
Brasilophyton gracile n. gen. n. sp.
Edwardsnella campanulata n. gen. n. sp. | |
Psilophytopsida | |
Cooksonia acuminata n. sp.
Cooksonia acuminata n. sp. | |
Rhyniaceae | |
Steganotheca paranaense n. sp.
Steganotheca paranaense n. sp. |