Abstract
ABSTRACT The composition of the trilobite fauna from the Devonian Paraná Basin in Brazil is still not fully elucidated. Although rich literature on the southern portion of this basin, the northwestern part has been poorly explored. In this study, we reveal new taxa and provide a comprehensive taxonomic composition of malvinoxhosan trilobites collected from the PragianEmsian sediments of Alto Garças Subbasin, Brazil. We report Burmeisteria notica, Metacryphaeus australis, Pennaia pauliana, Calmonia signifer and Kozlowskiaspis subseciva, well known elements from the southern portion of the Paraná Basin. Metacryphaeus meloi, unprecedented in the Paraná Basin, reveals itself here in the oldest biostratigraphic position in relation to other specimens reported from the Cabeças Formation (Frasnian-Famennian, Parnaíba Basin). We reveal a new species of Bainella, here described as Bainella (Belenops) sulmatogrossensis sp. nov. We discuss the biostratigraphic position of components of this fauna and their correlation with other Devonian units. Taking all together, our work provides a new picture about the trilobite taxonomic composition in the northwestern portion of the Paraná Basin, and can help our understanding of speciation pulses and dispersion patterns among the different Devonian basins in Gondwana.
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