Late Emsian/Eifelian Loc. 24 of Melo: Cajari River, station JWB250-AP (Devonian to of Brazil)

Where: Amapa, Brazil (0.5° S, 52.0° W: paleocoordinates 71.0° S, 25.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and bioturbated siltstone

• Deposition reflects deepening. See lithology description.
• "The Maecuru Fm. of Emsian/Eifelian age is composed by the Jatapu and Lontra members...Jatapu [consists of] bioturbated silty/shaly layers and argillaceous sandstones...Fluvial sandstones and conglomerates are the main constituents of the Lontra unit. However, locally on the N flank and throughout the subsurface the uppermost Lontra sediments are shallow marine "tempestites", i.e. hummocky cross-stratified sandstones containing the well known Devonian invertebrate fauna recorded by pioneer workers from outcrops of the Maecuru and Curua rivers."

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 37136: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 03.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
  - Tropidoleptidae
? Tropidoleptus sp.
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
? Podolella sp., ? Derbyina sp.
? Podolella sp.
"possibly Cranaena"
 Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae
? Acrospirifer sp.
? Acrospirifer sp. Wedekind 1926
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Plicoplasia sp.
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida -
"Chonetacea "gen.nov. A"" = Chonetoidea
"Chonetacea "gen.nov. A"" = Chonetoidea Bronn 1862
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Protoleptostrophia sp.
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
"Schuchertella" sp.
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Bivalvia
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) sp." = Actinopteria
"Ptychopteria (Actinopteria) sp." = Actinopteria Hall 1884 oyster