Crato (UERJ collection): Late Aptian, Brazil
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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| UERJ-PMB R07, articulated thoracic vertebrae, disarticulated lumbar vertebrae, four articulated limbs, and some degree of soft tissue tissue preservation | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Brazil | State/province: | Ceara |
| Coordinates: | 7.1° South, 39.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.0° South, 2.6° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 119.57 - 113.2 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: a heterolithic clastic/carbonate sequence of lacustrine, lagoonal and possibly deltaic facies | |
| Environment: | lacustrine - large |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,soft parts |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Departamento do Zoologia of the Universidade Estadual de Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 190135 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | A. Kourmadas |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-11-29 04:13:08 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-11-29 04:13:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63962. | G.J. Field and D.M. Martill. 2017. Unusual soft tissue preservation in the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) crocodile cf. Susisuchus from the Crato Formation of north east Brazil. Cretaceous Research 75:179-192 [M. Uhen/A. Kourmadas] |