Late Eifelian/Givetian Loc. 11 of Melo: Monte Creek (Devonian to of Brazil)

Where: Goias, Brazil (17.0° S, 52.0° W: paleocoordinates 80.6° S, 61.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Chapada Group, Eifelian to Eifelian (393.3 - 382.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and shale

• See lithology description.
• No explicit lithology given for this locality. Chapada Group as a whole consists of shales, silts, and sands, much like the Ponta Grossa to the south. It is generally sandier, however, and inferred to represent shallower water.

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 37157: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 03.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Plantae indet.
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Mesoconularia sp.
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculoidea indet.
Nuculoidea indet. Williams and Berger 1916 nut clam
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoeliidae indet.
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
? Derbyina sp.
Craniata
 Craniopsida - Craniopsidae
Craniops sp.
Craniops sp. Hall 1859
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula" sp.
"Lingula" sp. Bruguiére 1797
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Calmoniidae
Metacryphaeus sp., ? Metacryphaeus sp.
Metacryphaeus sp. Reed 1907 trilobite
? Metacryphaeus sp. Reed 1907 trilobite
" 'Calmonia' (probably Metacryphaeus)"
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily