Where: Piaui, Brazil (7.0° S, 42.0° W: paleocoordinates 80.7° S, 4.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pimenteira Formation, Emsian to Emsian (407.6 - 387.7 Ma)
• "Although the age of the [Pimenteira Fm.] is probably restricted to the Middle Devonian along the eastern outcrop belt [of which this locality is a part] its full range is Emsian through Famennian in the subsurface of central portions of the basin."
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and siltstone
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 37128: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 03.03.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhyniaceae | |
Palaeostigma sp. Kraeusel and Dolianiti 1957 | |
Spongiophyton | |
Spongiophyton sp. Kraeusel 1954 | |
Lycopsida | |
Archaeosigillaria sp. Kidston 1901 | |
Protolepidodendron | |
Protolepidodendron sp. Krejci 1880 | |
Scyphozoa | |
? Ctenoconularia sp. jellyfish
Conularia sp. jellyfish | |
Gastropoda | |
Plectonotus sp. Clarke 1899 snail | |
"? Platyceras (? Platyostoma) sp." = Platyostoma
"? Platyceras (? Platyostoma) sp." = Platyostoma Conrad 1842 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
? Praecardium sp. Barrande 1881 clam | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
? Grammysia sp. de Verneuil 1847 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 | |
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Strophomenata | |
"Chonetacea "gen.nov. B"" = Chonetoidea, "Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea
"Chonetacea "gen.nov. B"" = Chonetoidea Bronn 1862
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea Bronn 1862 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
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Lingulata | |
"Lingula" sp. BruguiƩre 1797 | |
Eurypterida | |
Eurypterida indet. Burmeister 1843 eurypterid | |
Trilobita | |
Burmeisteria sp. Salter 1865 trilobite | |
Metacryphaeus sp. Reed 1907 trilobite | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Chondrichthyes | |
? Ctenacanthus sp. Agassiz 1836 elasmobranch | |
Cruziana sp. d'Orbigny 1842 |