Exu Formation
| Exu Formation Stratigraphic range: Albian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Araripe Group |
| Underlies | Alluvium |
| Overlies |
Santana Group Romualdo Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 7°36′S 40°42′W / 7.6°S 40.7°WCoordinates: 7°36′S 40°42′W / 7.6°S 40.7°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 12°36′S 12°06′W / 12.6°S 12.1°W |
| Region | Piaui |
| Country |
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| Extent | Araripe Basin |
The Exu Formation is an Albian geologic formation in Brazil. Pterosaur fossils of Lophocratia indet. have been recovered from the formation.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Chapada do Araripe at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- Fabin, Carlos E.; Osvaldo J. Correia Filho; Márcio L. Alencar; José A. Barbosa; Tiago S. de Miranda; Virgínio H. Neumann; Igor F. Gomes, and Felipe R. de Santana. 2018. Stratigraphic Relations of the Ipubi Formation: Siliciclastic-Evaporitic Succession of the Araripe Basin. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 90. 2049–2071. Accessed 2018-10-05.
- D. M. Martill. 2008. First pterosaur remains from the Exu Formation (Cretaceous) of the Araripe Basin, Brazil. Zitteliana B 28:243-248
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