scholarly journals EARLY DEVONIAN TAPHOFLORA RECORD IN PONTA GROSSA ARCH, PARANÁ BASIN (SOUTHERN BRAZIL) AND ITS PALAEOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS / REGISTRO DA TAFOFLORA DEVONIANA NO ARCO DE PONTA GROSSA, BACIA DO PARANÁ (SUL DO BRASIL) E SUAS IMPLICAÇÕES PALAEOGENOGRAFICAS

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid De Melo Milagres ◽  
Egberto Pereira ◽  
Sérgio Bergamaschi ◽  
Maria Antonieta Da Conceição Rodrigues ◽  
Philippe Gerrienne

This work analyzes the taphofloras collected from two Lower Devonian localities (PISA and Ponta Grossa/Carambeí) of the eastern border of the Paraná Basin (Southern Brazil). This association is of late Lochkovian age. It includes a large number of records of Cooksonia paranensis Gerrienne et al., 2001, as well as of other taxa representative of this age interval. The occurrence of these plants in the Paraná Basin raises questions related to the Early Devonian paleoclimatic and paleogeographic settings, mainly when compared with the coeval floras from Bolivia and Laurasia. According to the most recent paleogeographic reconstructions, the Paraná Basin was located very close to the South Pole during Early Devonian times and was under cold climatic conditions and poor insolation or even darkness during long periods. Some Brazilian primitive plants possess spine-like emergences, which may indicate protection against cold climatic conditions and desiccation and/or an attempt to increase photosynthetic surfaces. The existence of such diversified taphofloras close to the South Pole during the Early Devonian corroborates the hypothesis of an ice-free pole at this time, which allowed the development of vegetation in terrestrial environments. The taphofloras of the Paraná Basin are strikingly similar to those of probably coeval localities from Euramerica. The implications of these similarities are discussed in a paleogeographic context in this work.ResumoEste trabalho analisa registros de tafoflora devoniana encontrados em duas localidades (PISA e Ponta Grossa / Carambeí) do bordo leste da Bacia do Paraná (Sul do Brasil). Esta associação tem idade Lochkoviana terminal. Ela inclui um grande número de registros de Cooksonia paranensis Gerrienne et al., 2001, bem como de outros taxa representativos desse intervalo. A ocorrência destas plantas na Bacia do Paraná levanta questões relacionadas com as configurações paleoclimáticas e paleogeográficas do inicio do Devoniano, principalmente quando comparadas às floras coevas da Bolívia e da Laurásia. De acordo com as mais recentes reconstruções paleogeográficas, a Bacia do Paraná estava localizada muito perto do Pólo Sul durante o início do Devoniano e estava sob condições climáticas frias e com pouca insolação, podendo mesmo ter estado sujeita a escuridão durante longos períodos. Algumas plantas primitivas brasileiras possuem estruturas semelhantes a espinhos, o que pode indicar proteção contra condições climáticas frias e dessecação e/ou uma tentativa de aumentar superfícies fotossintéticas. A existência de tais tafofloras diversificadas próximas ao Pólo Sul durante o início do Devoniano, corrobora a hipótese da ausência de gelo na região mais meridional da Terra, neste período, favorável ao desenvolvimento da vegetação em ambientes terrestres. As tafofloras da Bacia do Paraná são notavelmente similares às das localidades provavelmente coevas da Euramérica. As implicações dessas semelhanças são discutidas num contexto paleogeográfico neste trabalho.

2014 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
VICTOR E. PAULIV ◽  
ELISEU V. DIAS ◽  
FERNANDO A. SEDOR ◽  
ANA MARIA RIBEIRO

The Brazilian records on Xenacanthiformes include teeth and cephalic spines from the Parnaíba, Amazonas and Paraná basins. This work describes a new species of Xenacanthidae, collected in an outcrop of Serrinha Member of Rio do Rasto Formation (Wordian to Wuchiapingian), Paraná Basin, municipality of Jacarezinho, State of Paraná. The teeth of the new species are two or three-cuspidated and the aboral surface show a smooth concavity and one rounded basal tubercle. The coronal surface presents one semi-spherical and subcircular coronal button, and also two lateral main cusps and one central (when present) with less than one fifth of the size of the lateral cusps in the labial portion. The lateral cusps are asymmetric or symmetric, rounded in transversal section, lanceolate in longitudinal section, devoid of lateral carinae and lateral serrations, and with few smooth cristae of enameloid. In optical microscope the teeth show a trabecular dentine (osteodentine) base, while the cusps are composed by orthodentine, and the pulp cavities are non-obliterated by trabecular dentine. The fossil assemblage in the same stratigraphical level and in the whole Rio do Rasto Formation indicates another freshwater record for xenacanthid sharks.


Terr Plural ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. e2118495
Author(s):  
Kevin William Richter ◽  
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Elvio Pinto Bosetti ◽  
Daniel Sedorko ◽  
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The Silurian–Devonian strata of the Paraná Basin (southern Brazil) have a wide variety of ichnofossils. The first records date from the beginning of the last century, with pioneering studies in 1912 addressing the Furnas and Ponta Grossa formations. Significant advances in the ichnological knowledge of these units occurred between the 1980s and 1990s, emphasizing ichnotaxonomic characterizations. These ichnological studies were important for better understanding and describing the main depositional environments, ecological strategies, biostratigraphy, and the relation with the preserved paleofauna. In this contribution, we review this knowledge and analyze the distribution and paleoecological significance of Zoophycos, the most remarkable ichnotaxon in the Lower Paleozoic beds of the Paraná Basin.


2019 ◽  
Vol 124 (7) ◽  
pp. 6223-6242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Brandt ◽  
Marcia Ernesto ◽  
Catherine Constable ◽  
Daniel Ribeiro Franco ◽  
Luiz Carlos Weinschutz ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Jasper ◽  
Fresia Ricardi-Branco ◽  
Margot Guerra-Sommer

A new taxon of conifers (Coricladus quiteriensis) is described based on megafloristic remains from the roofshale level at the Quitéria Outcrop (Rio Bonito Formation - Lower Permian - Southern Paraná Basin - Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil). This megafloristic community is included in the Botrychiopsis Zone - Botrychiopsis valida Sub-Zone (Kungurian/Roadian). The assemblage, preserved as impressions, do not present remains of epidermic characters, and is composed mainly of isolated vegetative branches with spirally disposed acicular leaves, presenting a conspicuous central vein and also isolated fertile branches with sparse and irregular leaves and terminal cones. Leafless principal branches, organically connected with sterile and fertile branches, are rare. Reproductive feminine scales, disposed in a plane, are organized in lax terminal cones on branches, composed by 4 (four) distal ovuliferous scales, and 8 (eight) elliptical-elongated anatropous seeds. Paleoecological data pointed out to a mesophylous to higrophylous habitat in swampy environments.


1999 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 243-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Guerra-Sommer ◽  
M. Cazzulo-Klepzig ◽  
R. Iannuzzi

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