Emsian Loc. 1 of Melo: Uraguayan outcrop belt: Emsian, Uruguay

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea - Encrinasteridae
Trilobita - Phacopida - Calmoniidae
? Pennaia sp. Clarke 1913
? Paracalmonia sp. Struve 1958
? Calmonia sp. Clarke 1913
Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
"Acaste" sp. Goldfuss 1843
Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Burmeisteria sp. Salter 1865
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Goniophora sp. Phillips 1848
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana" sp. Link 1807
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Tentaculita - Styliolinida - Styliolinidae
Styliolina sp. Karpinsky 1884
Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula" sp. Bruguiére 1797
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Uruguay
Coordinates: 33.0° South, 55.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:85.4° South, 144.8° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period: Devonian Epoch: Early Devonian
Stage: Emsian 10 m.y. bin: Devonian 2
Key time interval: Emsian
Age range of interval: 410.62 - 393.47 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cordobes
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: This formation is not explicitly mentioned in the faunal list, but it is the only formation mentioned in the text.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Lithology description: "Cordobes formation shales"
Environment:marine indet.
Glacial or sequence phase:transgressive
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:37078
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:M. Foote Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-03-02 10:19:20 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-03-02 10:19:20
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]