Emsian Loc. 6 of Melo: Well 1-RC-1-PR, core 13 (Devonian of Brazil)

Where: Parana, Brazil (25.0° S, 50.0° W: paleocoordinates 77.0° S, 129.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Campos Gerais Group, Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and sandstone

• [Lithology not explicitly given for this core, but the overall sequence is characterized by shales, siltstones, and sandstones.]

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 37086: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 02.03.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula" sp. BruguiƩre 1797
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod