The Quiricó Formation is a geological formation of the Areado Group in Minas Gerais, Brazil whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous (Aptian).[2][1] Many occurrences of fossils are reported in the lacustrine deposits of the Quiricó Formation.
Quiricó Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Aptian, ~[1] | |
Stratigraphic position of the Quiricó Formation in São Francisco Basin | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Areado Group |
Underlies | Abaeté Formation |
Overlies | Três Barras Formation |
Thickness | 60–100 m (200–330 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone, claystone |
Other | Siltstone, limestone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 16°42′S 44°24′W / 16.7°S 44.4°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 17°30′S 11°54′W / 17.5°S 11.9°W |
Region | |
Country | |
Extent | São Francisco Basin |
Type section | |
Named for | Quiricó Lake/River |
Named by | Barbosa |
Year defined | 1965 |
Fossil content
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Carvalho & Santucci, 2024
- ^ Sgarbi, 2000
- ^ Souza Bittencourt et al., 2020
- ^ Zaher et al., 2011
- ^ Santos, 1955
- ^ Santos, 1985
- ^ Zaher et al., 2020
- ^ Carvalho, J. C.; Santucci, R. M. (2023). "A new fossil Squamata from the Quiricó Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Sanfranciscana Basin, Minas Gerais, Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 154. 105717. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105717.
- ^ a b c Carvalho and Santucci, 2018
Bibliography
edit- Celerino de Carvalho, Joyce; Santucci, Rodrigo Miloni (2024), "A new fossil Squamata from the Quiricó Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Sanfranciscana Basin, Minas Gerais, Brazil", Cretaceous Research, 154: 105717, doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105717
- Souza Bittencourt, Jonathas; Rodrigues Simões, Tiago; Caldwell, Michael Wayne; Cardoso Langer, Max (2020), "Discovery of the oldest South American fossil lizard illustrates the cosmopolitanism of early South American squamates", Communications Biology, 3 (1): Article number 201, doi:10.1038/s42003-020-0926-0, PMC 7190622, PMID 32350412
- Zaher, H.; Pol, D.; Carvalho, A.B.; Nascimento, P.M.; Riccomini, C.; Larson, P.; Juarez Valieri, R.; Pires-Domingues, R.; da Silva, N.J. and Campos, D.A. (2011), "A Complete Skull of an Early Cretaceous Sauropod and the Evolution of Advanced Titanosaurians", PLoS ONE, 6 (2): e16663, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016663, PMC 3034730, PMID 21326881
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Bibcode:/abstract 2011PLoSO...616663Z - Sgarbi, G.N.C (2000), "The Cretaceous Sanfranciscan Basin, Eastern Plateau of Brazil", Revista Brasileira de Geociências, 30 (3): 450–452, doi:10.25249/0375-7536.2000303450452 (inactive 2024-07-08)
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: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2024 (link) - Santos, R.S (1985), "Laeliichthys ancestralis, novo gênero e espécie de Osteoglossiformes do Aptiano da Formação Areado, Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil", Colet. Trab. Paleontol. Ser. Geol., 27: 161–167
- Santos, R.S (1955), "Descrição dos peixes fósseis", Bol. Min. Agr. Div. Geol. Mineral., Rio de Janeiro, 155: 1–211
- Zaher, H (2020), "An Early Cretaceous theropod dinosaur from Brazil sheds light on the cranial evolution of the Abelisauridae", Comptes Rendus Palevol, 19 (6): 101–115, doi:10.5852/cr-palevol2020v19a6, hdl:11336/153682
- Carvalho, Joyce Celerino de; Santucci, Rodrigo Miloni (2018), "New dinosaur remains from the Quiricó Formation, Sanfranciscana Basin (Lower Cretaceous), Southwestern Brazil", Cretaceous Research, 85: 20–27, doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.12.017