Late Emsian/Eifelian Loc. 19b of Melo: Picos region, Upper Pimenteira Formation (Devonian to of Brazil)

Where: Piaui, Brazil (7.0° S, 42.0° W: paleocoordinates 80.7° S, 4.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pimenteira Formation, Emsian to Emsian (407.6 - 387.7 Ma)

• "Although the age of the [Pimenteira Fm.] is probably restricted to the Middle Devonian along the eastern outcrop belt [of which this locality is a part] its full range is Emsian through Famennian in the subsurface of central portions of the basin."

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and siltstone

• See lithology description.
• "The Pimenteira Fm. records the first widespread Devonian transgression over the Parnaiba Basin and conformably overlies the Itaim Mbr. It consists of interlayered sandstones and siltstones/shales mostly deposited as offshore bars or shelf sediments under the influence of storm generated waves and currents ("tempestites"), as indicated by the widespread development of large scale hummocky cross stratification throughout the section."

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 37128: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 03.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Eurypterida
 Eurypterida -
Eurypterida indet.
Eurypterida indet. Burmeister 1843 eurypterid
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Calmoniidae
Metacryphaeus sp.
Metacryphaeus sp. Reed 1907 trilobite
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Burmeisteria sp.
Burmeisteria sp. Salter 1865 trilobite
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"? Platyceras (? Platyostoma) sp." = Platyostoma
"? Platyceras (? Platyostoma) sp." = Platyostoma Conrad 1842 snail
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Plectonotus sp.
Plectonotus sp. Clarke 1899 snail
Bivalvia
  -
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp.
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
? Palaeoneilo sp.
? Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"? Solemya (? Janeia) sp." = Solemya
"? Solemya (? Janeia) sp." = Solemya Children 1823 Awning Clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
? Praecardium sp.
? Praecardium sp. Barrande 1881 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
? Grammysia sp.
? Grammysia sp. de Verneuil 1847 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida -
Terebratulida indet.
Terebratulida indet. Waagen 1883
"Rhipidothyrididae or Mutationellidae indet. A"
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Mutationellinae "indet. B", Mutationellinae "indet. C", ? Derbyina sp.
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida -
"Chonetacea "gen.nov. B"" = Chonetoidea, "Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea
"Chonetacea "gen.nov. B"" = Chonetoidea Bronn 1862
"Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea Bronn 1862
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula" sp.
"Lingula" sp. Bruguiére 1797
Chondrichthyes
 Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
? Ctenacanthus sp.
? Ctenacanthus sp. Agassiz 1836 elasmobranch
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
? Ctenoconularia sp., Conularia sp.
Conularia sp. jellyfish
Spongiophyton
  -
Spongiophyton sp.
Spongiophyton sp. Kraeusel 1954
Rhyniaceae
  - Rhyniaceae
Palaeostigma sp.
Palaeostigma sp. Kraeusel and Dolianiti 1957
Lycopsida
  -
Archaeosigillaria sp.
Archaeosigillaria sp. Kidston 1901
Protolepidodendron
  -
Protolepidodendron sp.
 Ichnofossils -
Cruziana sp.
Cruziana sp. d'Orbigny 1842