Nova Olinda quarries DUPLICATE: Late/Upper Aptian, Brazil
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
| Country: | Brazil | State/province: | Ceará |
| Coordinates: | 5.6° South, 64.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.6° South, 32.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 119.50000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: light-beige coloured laminated limestone from the Crato Member | |
| Environment: | lagoonal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,replaced with pyrite,replaced with limonite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: collection of the Paleovertebrate Sector of the Geology and Paleontology Department of the Museu Nacional (MN), Rio de Janeiro | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 128566 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-06-11 21:25:48 | Last modified: | 2023-05-31 14:55:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-06-11 21:25:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 41979. | G. Ribeiro de Oliveira and A. W. A. Kellner. 2005. Note on a plastron (Testudines, Pleurodira) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Member, Santana Formation, Brazil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 63(3):523-528 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |