Late Ems./Eifelian Loc. 9 of Melo: Outcrops in Amorinopolis-Ivolandia region (Devonian to of Brazil)

Where: Goias, Brazil (17.0° S, 51.0° W: paleocoordinates 80.6° S, 86.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Chapada Group, Emsian to Emsian (407.6 - 387.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and shale

• No explicit lithology given for this locality. Chapada Group as a whole consists of shales, silts, and sands, much like the Ponta Grossa to the south. It is generally sandier, however, and inferred to represent shallower water.

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 37111: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 02.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula" sp.
"Lingula" sp. Bruguiére 1797
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
"Schuchertella" sp.
 Strophomenida -
"? Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea
"? Chonetacea indet." = Chonetoidea Bronn 1862
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Australospirifer sp.
 Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Australocoelia sp.
 Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
? Cryptonella sp.
 Terebratulida - Meganterididae
"Derbyina" sp.
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Plectonotus sp.
Plectonotus sp. Clarke 1899 snail
Bivalvia
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"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
"Sphenotus" sp.
"Sphenotus" sp. Hall 1884 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Pleurodapis sp.
 Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Modiomorpha sp.
Modiomorpha sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Mesoconularia sp.
unclassified
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Plantae indet.
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866