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Middle Devonian Crinoids from the Parnaiba Basin (Pimenteira Formation, Tocantins State, Brazil)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Sandro Marcelo Scheffler ,
Sérgio Dias-Da-Silva ,
José Mendes Gama Júnior ,
Vera Maria Medina Da Fonseca  and
Antonio Carlos Sequeira Fernandes
Sandro Marcelo Scheffler
Affiliation:
1Setor de Ciencias Ambientais, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Prof. Artur Riedel, 275, Jardim Eldorado, 09972-270, Diadema, São Paulo, Brasil,
Sérgio Dias-Da-Silva
Affiliation:
2Laboratório de Paleobiologia, Campus de São Gabriel, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Avenida Antonio Trilha, n. 1847, Centro, 97300-000, São Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil,
José Mendes Gama Júnior
Affiliation:
3Programa de Pós-graduação do Departamento de Geologia Geral e Aplicada, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de Brasília, Caixa Postal-04465, Asa Norte, 70910-900, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil,
Vera Maria Medina Da Fonseca
Affiliation:
4Departamento de Geologia e Paleontologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940–040, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ,
Antonio Carlos Sequeira Fernandes
Affiliation:
4Departamento de Geologia e Paleontologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940–040, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ,
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Abstract

This contribution presents the first description of crinoids from western margin of Parnaíba Basin. It also presents their first description in the Pimenteira Formation (Devonian of the Parnaíba Basin, state of Tocantins, Brazil). The material is represented by hundreds of columnals, pluricolumnals, as well as isolated calyx plates. Columnal and pluricolumnal morphology allowed the identification of Laudonomphalus aff. L. tuberosus, and Exaesiodiscus dimerocrinosus n. sp. Based upon calyx plate morphology a new Rhodocrinitidae species was erected, Monstrocrinus incognitus n. sp. The genera Exaesiodiscus, Laudonomphalus, and Monstrocrinus were previously described from the Devonian of Amazonas Basin. Exaesiodiscus dimerocrinosus is also identified from the northwest margin of Paraná Basin. The Monstrocrinus occurrence is rare in the Middle Devonian, until now known in Germany, Spain, and Algeria Lower Devonian (upper Emsian) and only in northern Brazil in the Middle Devonian (Eifelian.) These facts provide valuable arguments for paleogeographic interpretations regarding the pattern of distribution of invertebrates in this region of Gondwana and suggest potential migration routes in northern Gondwana during the Devonian.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 85 , Issue 6 , November 2011 , pp. 1188 - 1198
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