Where: Parana, Brazil (24.3° S, 49.7° W: paleocoordinates 77.7° S, 128.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Ponta Grossa Formation, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)
• I am using the more common name of Ponta Grossa Fm. Melo considers this a member of the Santa Rosa Fm.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale and sandstone
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 37080: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 02.03.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Scyphozoa | |
Conularia sp. jellyfish
Mesoconularia sp. jellyfish | |
Gastropoda | |
Ptomatis sp. Clarke 1899 snail
Plectonotus sp. Clarke 1899 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
? Phthonia sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam | |
"Sphenotus" sp. Hall 1884 clam | |
"Solemya (Janeia) sp." = Solemya
"Solemya (Janeia) sp." = Solemya Children 1823 Awning Clam | |
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam | |
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam | |
Lophophorata | |
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Schuchertella" sp. Girty 1904 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Craniata | |
Craniops sp. Hall 1859 | |
Lingulata | |
"Lingula" sp. BruguiƩre 1797 | |
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Hyolitha | |
? Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840 | |
Trilobita | |
Burmeisteria sp. Salter 1865 trilobite | |
? Gamonedaspis sp. Branisa and Vanek 1973 trilobite | |
Metacryphaeus sp. Reed 1907 trilobite
Paracalmonia sp. Struve 1958 trilobite
Calmonia sp. Clarke 1913 trilobite
"Paranacaste sp." = Anchiopella Reed 1907 trilobite | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily |