Where: Amazonas, Brazil (6.0° S, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 59.9° S, 61.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mari Mari Group, Eifelian to Eifelian (393.3 - 382.7 Ma)
• Correlation with other basins (Amazon, Parana, Parnaiba) is still poorly understood.
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 37179: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 03.03.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
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Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Lophophorata | |
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820 |