ammonites

Araripe Plateau: Albian, Brazil

Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Ceará
Coordinates: 7.2° South, 39.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.5° South, 11.0° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Albian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 4
Key time interval:Albian
Age range of interval:112.0 - 99.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Araripe Formation:Santana Member:Romualdo
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,concretion
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:all
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Cearadactylus atrox holotype site
Database number:92285
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Modifier:R. Butler Research group:ETE,vertebrate
Created:2009-11-04 12:07:22 Last modified:2009-11-05 00:27:40
Access level:the public Released:2009-11-04 12:07:22
Reference information
Primary reference:
31091 G. Leonardi and G. Borgomanero. 1985. Cearadactylus atrox nov. gen., nov. sp.: novo Pterosauria (Pterodactyloidea) da Chapada do Araripe, Ceará, Brasil. Coletânea de Trabalhos Paleontológicos, Série Geologia, Brasilia 75-80 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]