Late Emsian/Eifelian Loc. 4 of Melo: Lambedor (Devonian to of Brazil)

Where: Parana, Brazil (26.1° S, 52.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 84.4° S, 65.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ponta Grossa Formation, Emsian to Emsian (410.6 - 387.9 Ma)

• I am using the more common name of Ponta Grossa Fm. Melo considers this a member of the Santa Rosa Fm.

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and sandstone

• Sequence on the whole consists of shales, silts, and sands. No specific lithology given for this collection.

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 37106: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 02.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

Stenuroidea
  -
? Echinasterella sp. Stürtz 1890
Ophiuroidea
  - Encrinasteridae
Encrinaster sp. Haekel 1866 brittle star
Stylophora
 Mitrata - Paranacystidae
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Bivalvia
  -
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
"Solemya (Janeia) sp." = Solemya
"Solemya (Janeia) sp." = Solemya Children 1823 Awning Clam
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
 Nuculanida - Cucullellidae
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
"Prothyris (Paraprothyris) sp." = Paraprothyris, "Sphenotus" sp.
"Prothyris (Paraprothyris) sp." = Paraprothyris Clarke 1913 clam
"Sphenotus" sp. Hall 1884 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 horsemussel
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Plectonotus sp. Clarke 1899 snail
Ptomatis sp. Clarke 1899 snail
Tentaculita
  - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
"Hyolithes" sp. d'Eichwald 1840
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula" sp. Bruguiére 1797
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Australocoelia sp. rhynchonellid brachiopod
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Palaeosabella sp. Clarke 1921 demosponge
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Mesoconularia sp. Boucek 1939 jellyfish