Emsian Loc. 1 of Melo: Uraguayan outcrop belt (Devonian of Uruguay)

Where: Uruguay (33.0° S, 55.0° W: paleocoordinates 68.5° S, 136.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Cordobes Formation, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• This formation is not explicitly mentioned in the faunal list, but it is the only formation mentioned in the text.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

• "Cordobes formation shales"

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 37078: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 02.03.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Plectonotus sp. Clarke 1899 snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
Goniophora sp. Phillips 1848 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana" sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Strophomenida -
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula" sp. BruguiƩre 1797
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Tentaculita
 Styliolinida - Styliolinidae
Styliolina sp. Karpinsky 1884
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Burmeisteria sp. Salter 1865 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calmoniidae
? Pennaia sp. Clarke 1913 trilobite
Metacryphaeus sp. Reed 1907 trilobite
? Paracalmonia sp. Struve 1958 trilobite
? Calmonia sp. Clarke 1913 trilobite
 Phacopida - Acastidae
"Acaste" sp. Goldfuss 1843 trilobite
Ophiuroidea
  - Encrinasteridae
Encrinaster sp. Haekel 1866 brittle star