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