Quiricó Formation

Quiricó Formation
Stratigraphic range: Lower Cretaceous (Aptian)
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 / -16.7; -44.4Coordinates: 16°42′S 44°24′W / 16.7°S 44.4°W / -16.7; -44.4
Approximate paleocoordinates 17°30′S 11°54′W / 17.5°S 11.9°W / -17.5; -11.9
Region  Minas Gerais
Country  Brazil
Extent São Francisco Basin
Type section
Named for Quiricó Lake/River
Named by Barbosa (1965)

The Quiricó Formation is a geological formation 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, G.N.C. (2000). "The Cretaceous Sanfranciscan Basin, Eastern Plateau of Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Geociências. 30 (3): 450–452.
  2. ↑ Zaher, H.; Pol, D.; Carvalho, A.B.; Nascimento, P.M.; Riccomini, C.; Larson, P.; Juarez-Valieri, R.; Pires-Domingues, R.; da Silva, N.J.; 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.
  3. ↑ Santos, R.S. (1955). "Descrição dos peixes fósseis". Bol. Min. Agr. Div. Geol. Mineral., Rio de Janeiro. 155: 1–211.
  4. ↑ 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.
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