Jackson de Figueiredo outcrop, Jaguariaiva County, Parana State, Brazil (Devonian of Brazil)

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

• Transitional sub-aqueous lagoonal environment.
• The lagoonal deposits carrying the plant megafossil assemblage are represented by a lenticular package about 4 m thick characterized by alternating layers of silt and sandstone; these massive or with """"climbing ripples"""" which reflects pulses of turbidity. """"Remains are preserved as impressions in shaly beds, which alternate with sandstone turbiditic lenses, altogether interbedded within cross-stratified sandstones.

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

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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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.
Petriaia mimosissima n. gen. n. sp.
Jaguariaivia meloii n. gen. n. sp.
Brasilophyton gracile n. gen. n. sp.
Edwardsnella campanulata n. gen. n. sp.
Rhyniaceae
  - Rhyniaceae
Steganotheca paranaense n. sp.
Psilophytopsida
 Psilophytales -
Cooksonia acuminata n. sp.