Late Eifelian/Givetian Loc. 14 of Melo: Chapada dos Guimaraes (Devonian to of Brazil)

Where: Mato Grosso, Brazil (15.0° S, 56.0° W: paleocoordinates 76.3° S, 62.2° 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 37160: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 03.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
? Lingula sp.
? Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Discinidae indet.
Rhynchonellata
  - Tropidoleptidae
Tropidoleptus sp.
 Terebratulida -
Terebratulida indet.
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Derbyina sp.
 Spiriferida -
"Spiriferacea indet." = Spiriferoidea
"Spiriferacea indet." = Spiriferoidea King 1846
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoeliidae indet.
 Ichnofossils -
Rusophycus sp.
Rusophycus sp. Hall 1852