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
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 | |
Plectonotus sp. Clarke 1899 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
Goniophora sp. Phillips 1848 clam | |
Pleurodapis sp. clam | |
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam | |
"Nuculana" sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam | |
Lophophorata | |
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Schuchertella" sp. Girty 1904 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Lingulata | |
"Lingula" sp. BruguiƩre 1797 | |
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Polychaeta | |
Tentaculita | |
Styliolina sp. Karpinsky 1884 | |
Trilobita | |
Burmeisteria sp. Salter 1865 trilobite | |
? Pennaia sp. Clarke 1913 trilobite
Metacryphaeus sp. Reed 1907 trilobite
? Paracalmonia sp. Struve 1958 trilobite
? Calmonia sp. Clarke 1913 trilobite | |
"Acaste" sp. Goldfuss 1843 trilobite | |
Ophiuroidea | |
Encrinaster sp. Haekel 1866 brittle star |