Late Emsian/Eifelian Loc. 3 of Melo: Tibaji: Emsian - Eifelian, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
"Hyolithes" sp. d'Eichwald 1840
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula" sp. BruguiƩre 1797
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
"Schuchertella" sp. Girty 1904
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Notiochonetes sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Australospirifer sp.
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Australocoelia sp.
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
? Cryptonella sp.
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Meganterididae
? Derbyina sp.
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Plectonotus sp. Clarke 1899
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
? Mourlonia sp. de Koninck 1883
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae
Solemya (Janeia) sp. (King 1850)
synonym of Solemya
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
? Pholadella sp. Hall 1869
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Burmeisteria sp. Salter 1865
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
"Dalmanites" sp. Barrande 1852
? Gamonedaspis sp. Branisa and Vanek 1973
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calmoniidae
Metacryphaeus sp. Reed 1907
Tibagya sp. Struve 1958
? Calmonia sp. Clarke 1913
Scyphozoa - Conulariida - Conulariidae
Mesoconularia sp.
unclassified
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Parana
Coordinates: 24.5° South, 50.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:78.2° South, 126.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Devonian
Key time interval:Emsian - Eifelian
Age range of interval:407.60000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ponta Grossa
Stratigraphy comments: I am using the more common name of Ponta Grossa Fm. Melo considers this a member of the Santa Rosa Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: Sequence on the whole consists of shales, silts, and sands. No specific lithology given for this collection.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:37105
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-03-02 13:51:34 Last modified:2006-09-13 14:01:03
Access level:the public Released:2004-03-02 13:51:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9944. 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]