Eocoelia curtisi Community, Merida Andes: Telychian, Venezuela

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
species name in quotes; form B
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Resserella sp. Bancroft 1928
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Eospirifer sp. Schuchert 1913
sp. B
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Venezuela
Coordinates: 8.6° North, 71.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:66.7° South, 118.5° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period: Silurian Epoch: Llandovery
Stage: Telychian 10 m.y. bin: Silurian 1
*Epoch:Late/Upper Llandovery
Key time interval: Telychian
Age range of interval: 438.6 - 432.9 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:El Horno
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Late Llandovery-C5; see Boucot et al. 1972--PBDB ref. 7026. Occurrence is from a stream boulder--it is not entirely clear from the discussion in references 7007 and 7026 whether this represents Caparo Formation or not. This was originally part of the Caparo Formation, but that is now restricted to the Sandbian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "A BA 2, normal turbulence environment is indicated by this fauna, in which Eocoelia, although dominant, is not the only brachiopod present."
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:25070
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-08-27 13:11:51 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2002-08-27 13:11:51
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
7007. A. J. Boucot, J. L. Benedetto, Y. Grahn, J. H. G. Melo, T. M. Sanchez and B. A. Waisfeld. 1999. South American marine Silurian communities. In A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 841-848 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]