Furnas? Sandstone Scaphiocoelia (Devonian of Brazil)

Where: Brazil (19.0° S, 56.0° W: paleocoordinates 72.6° S, 108.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Furnas Sandstone Formation, Early/Lower Devonian (419.2 - 393.3 Ma)

• Some uncertainty as to formation; could be Ponta Grossa Formation.

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Primary reference: A. J. Boucot and K. E. Caster. 1984. First occurrence of Scaphiocoelia (Brachiopoda; Terebratulida) in the Early Devonian of the Parana Basin, Brazil. Journal of Paleontology 58(6):1354-1359 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25562: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 17.09.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae