Late Emsian/Eifelian Loc. 3 of Melo: Tibaji (Devonian to of Brazil)

Where: Parana, Brazil (24.5° S, 50.4° W: paleocoordinates 78.2° S, 126.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ponta Grossa Formation, Emsian to Emsian (407.6 - 387.7 Ma)

• I am using the more common name of Ponta Grossa Fm. Melo considers this a member of the Santa Rosa Fm.

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and sandstone

• Sequence on the whole consists of shales, silts, and sands. No specific lithology given for this collection.

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 37105: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 02.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Plantae indet.
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Burmeisteria sp.
Burmeisteria sp. Salter 1865 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calmoniidae
Tibagya sp., ? Calmonia sp., Metacryphaeus sp.
Tibagya sp. Struve 1958 trilobite
? Calmonia sp. Clarke 1913 trilobite
Metacryphaeus sp. Reed 1907 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
? Gamonedaspis sp., "Dalmanites" sp.
? Gamonedaspis sp. Branisa and Vanek 1973 trilobite
"Dalmanites" sp. Barrande 1852 trilobite
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
"Hyolithes" sp.
"Hyolithes" sp. d'Eichwald 1840
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Australospirifer sp.
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
? Cryptonella sp.
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
? Derbyina sp.
 Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Australocoelia sp.
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Notiochonetes sp.
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
"Schuchertella" sp.
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula" sp.
"Lingula" sp. Bruguiére 1797
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Plectonotus sp.
Plectonotus sp. Clarke 1899 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
? Mourlonia sp.
? Mourlonia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
? Pholadella sp.
? Pholadella sp. Hall 1869 clam
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha sp.
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Solemya (Janeia) sp." = Solemya
"Solemya (Janeia) sp." = Solemya Children 1823 Awning Clam
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Mesoconularia sp.