Where: Parana, Brazil (24.3° S, 49.7° W: paleocoordinates 78.8° S, 127.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Ponta Grossa Formation, Emsian to Emsian (407.6 - 387.7 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
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 37107: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 02.03.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Polychaeta | |
Gastropoda | |
"Bellerophontacea indet." = Bellerophontoidea
"Bellerophontacea indet." = Bellerophontoidea M'Coy 1851 snail | |
Plectonotus sp. Clarke 1899 snail
Ptomatis sp. Clarke 1899 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculites sp. Conrad 1841 clam | |
"Solemya (Janeia) sp." = Solemya
"Solemya (Janeia) sp." = Solemya Children 1823 Awning Clam | |
"Nucula" sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam | |
"Prothyris (Paraprothyris) sp." = Paraprothyris
"Prothyris (Paraprothyris) sp." = Paraprothyris clam | |
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam | |
Pleurodapis sp. clam | |
? Phthonia sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Lingulata | |
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847 | |
"Lingula" sp. BruguiƩre 1797 | |
Craniata | |
Craniops sp. Hall 1859 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Coelospira" sp. Hall 1863 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Schuchertella" sp. Girty 1904 | |
Lophophorata | |
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820 | |
Trilobita | |
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite | |
Burmeisteria sp. Salter 1865 trilobite | |
? Gamonedaspis sp. Branisa and Vanek 1973 trilobite
"Dalmanites" sp. Barrande 1852 trilobite | |
Calmonia sp. Clarke 1913 trilobite
Pennaia sp. Clarke 1913 trilobite
Metacryphaeus sp. Reed 1907 trilobite | |
Scyphozoa | |
Mesoconularia sp. jellyfish
Conularia sp. jellyfish |