Quiricó Formation
Geological formation in Brazil
| Quiricó Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Aptian, ~125 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
 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 |   Quiricó Formation (Brazil) |
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.
Fossil content
- Alicenula longiformis[3]
- Penthesilenula pintoi[3]
- Timiriasevia sanfranciscanensis[3]
- Neokotus sanfranciscanus[4]
- Platyestheria abaetensis[5]
- Tapuiasaurus macedoi[6]
- Francischanos moraesi[7][8]
- Laeliichthys ancentralis[9]
- Spectrovenator ragei[10]
- Cryptobicuspidon pachysymphysealis[11]
- Abelisauridae indet.[12]
- Carcharodontosauridae indet.[12]
- Rebbachisauridae indet.[12]
References
- ^ a b Carvalho & Santucci, 2024
- ^ Sgarbi, 2000
- ^ a b c Amanda Moreira Leite; Dermeval Aparecido Do Carmo; Caio Bussaglia Ress; Murilo Pessoa; Guilherme Miranda Caixeta; Matheus Denezine; Rodrigo Rodrigues Adorno; Lucas Silveira Antonietto (2018). "Taxonomy of limnic Ostracoda (Crustacea) from the Quiricó Formation, Lower Cretaceous, São Francisco basin, Minas Gerais State, Southeast Brazil". Journal of Paleontology. 92 (4): 661–680. Bibcode:2018JPal...92..661L. doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.1. S2CID 135458331.
- ^ Souza Bittencourt et al., 2020
- ^ Jonathas S. Bittencourt; Rosemarie Rohn; Oscar F. Gallego; Mateo D. Monferran; Alexandre Uhlein (2018). "The morphology and systematics of the clam shrimp Platyestheria gen. nov. abaetensis (Cardoso) (Crustacea, Spinicaudata) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Sanfranciscana Basin, southeast Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 91: 274–286. Bibcode:2018CrRes..91..274B. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.06.016. hdl:11449/176586. S2CID 133928377.
- ^ Zaher et al., 2011
- ^ Santos, 1955
- ^ Ribeiro, A. C.; Bockmann, F. A.; Poyato-Ariza, F. J. (2022). "Francischanos, a replacement genus for Dastilbe moraesi Silva-Santos, 1955, from the Quiricó Formation, Lower Cretaceous of the Sanfranciscana basin, Brazil (Ostariophysi: Gonorynchiformes)". Cretaceous Research. 135: Article 105212. Bibcode:2022CrRes.13505212R. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105212. S2CID 247531742.
- ^ 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
- 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
{{citation}}: 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)
{{citation}}: 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
