Late Emsian/Eifelian Loc. 5 of Melo: Jaguariaiva (Devonian to of Brazil)

Where: Parana, Brazil (24.3° S, 49.7° W: paleocoordinates 78.8° S, 127.4° 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 37107: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 02.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula" sp.
"Lingula" sp. Bruguiére 1797
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops sp.
Craniops sp. Hall 1859
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
"Schuchertella" sp.
 Strophomenida -
Australostrophia sp.
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Notiochonetes sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Australospirifer sp.
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
"Coelospira" sp.
"Coelospira" sp. Hall 1863
 Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Australocoelia sp.
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
? Cryptonella sp.
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
"Derbyina" sp.
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
"Serpulites" sp.
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida -
"Bellerophontacea indet." = Bellerophontoidea
"Bellerophontacea indet." = Bellerophontoidea M'Coy 1851 snail
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Plectonotus sp., Ptomatis sp.
Plectonotus sp. Clarke 1899 snail
Ptomatis sp. Clarke 1899 snail
Bivalvia
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp.
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula" sp.
"Nucula" sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Solemya (Janeia) sp." = Solemya
"Solemya (Janeia) sp." = Solemya Children 1823 Awning Clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp., ? Phthonia sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
? Phthonia sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 mussel
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
"Prothyris (Paraprothyris) sp." = Paraprothyris
"Prothyris (Paraprothyris) sp." = Paraprothyris clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Pleurodapis sp.
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha sp.
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Burmeisteria sp.
Burmeisteria sp. Salter 1865 trilobite
 Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
"Dalmanites" sp., ? Gamonedaspis sp.
"Dalmanites" sp. Barrande 1852 trilobite
? Gamonedaspis sp. Branisa and Vanek 1973 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calmoniidae
Metacryphaeus sp., Calmonia sp., Pennaia sp.
Metacryphaeus sp. Reed 1907 trilobite
Calmonia sp. Clarke 1913 trilobite
Pennaia sp. Clarke 1913 trilobite
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Mesoconularia sp., Conularia sp.
Conularia sp. jellyfish