Quiricó Formation

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Quiricó Formation
Stratigraphic range: Aptian
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Stratigraphic position of the Quiricó Formation in São Francisco Basin
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofAreado Group
Underlies
Overlies
Thickness60–100 m (200–330 ft)
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, claystone
OtherSiltstone, limestone
Location
Coordinates16°42′S 44°24′W / 16.7°S 44.4°W / -16.7; -44.4Coordinates: 16°42′S 44°24′W / 16.7°S 44.4°W / -16.7; -44.4
Approximate paleocoordinates17°30′S 11°54′W / 17.5°S 11.9°W / -17.5; -11.9
Region Minas Gerais
Country Brazil
Extent
Type section
Named for/
Named byBarbosa
Year defined1965
Quiricó Formation is located in Brazil
Quiricó Formation
Quiricó Formation (Brazil)

The Quiricó Formation is a geological formation of the Areado Group in Minas Gerais, Brazil whose strata date back to the Lower Cretaceous (Early Cretaceous).[1] Many occurrences of fossils are reported in the lacustrine deposits of the Quiricó Formation.

Fossil content[]

References[]

  1. ^ Sgarbi, 2000
  2. ^ Souza Bittencourt et al., 2020
  3. ^ Zaher et al., 2011
  4. ^ Santos, 1955
  5. ^ Santos, 1985
  6. ^ Zaher et al., 2020
  7. ^ a b c Carvalho and Santucci, 2018

Bibliography[]

  • Souza Bittencourt, Jonathas; Tiago Rodrigues Simões; Michael Wayne Caldwell, and Max Cardoso Langer. 2020. Discovery of the oldest South American fossil lizard illustrates the cosmopolitanism of early South American squamates. Communications Biology 3. Article number 201. doi:10.1038/s42003-020-0926-0 PMID 32350412 PMC 7190622
  • Zaher, H.; D. Pol; A.B. Carvalho; P.M. Nascimento; C. Riccomini; P. Larson; R. Juarez Valieri; R. Pires-Domingues, and N.J. and Campos, D.A. da Silva. 2011. A Complete Skull of an Early Cretaceous Sauropod and the Evolution of Advanced Titanosaurians. PLoS ONE 6. e16663. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016663 PMID 21326881 PMC 3034730 Bibcode:/abstract 2011PLoSO...616663Z
  • Sgarbi, G.N.C. 2000. The Cretaceous Sanfranciscan Basin, Eastern Plateau of Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Geociências 30. 450–452. doi:10.25249/0375-7536.2000303450452
  • 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, 101-115. 19; doi:10.5852/cr-palevol2020v19a6
  • Carvalho, Joyce Celerino de, and Rodrigo Miloni Santucci. 2018. New dinosaur remains from the Quiricó Formation, Sanfranciscana Basin (Lower Cretaceous), Southwestern Brazil. Cretaceous Research 85. 20-27.
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