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 (São Francisco Basin)
Underlies Abaeté Formation
Overlies Três Barras Formation
Thickness 60-100 m
Lithology
Primary sandstone
Other siltstone, limestone
Location
Region  Minas Gerais
Country  Brazil
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.

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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