Areado Group
Geologic group in southeastern Brazil
Areado Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Tithonian-Albian ~150–100 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
Type | Group |
Sub-units | Três Barras, Quiricó & Abaeté Formations |
Underlies | Mata da Corda Group |
Overlies | Bambuí Group |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone, claystone, conglomerate |
Location | |
Coordinates | ![]() ![]() Areado Group (Brazil) |
The Areado Group is a Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (Tithonian to Albian; covering approximately 50 million years)[1] geologic group in southeastern Brazil. The group was defined by Cardoso in 1968.[2]
Various fossil theropod tracks have been reported from the aeolic sandstones of the group.[3][4]
Stratigraphy
The group contains the following formations from young to old:[5]
- Albian Três Barras Formation - eolian and fluvio-deltaic sandstones
- Aptian Quiricó Formation - lacustrine claystones
- Tithonian-Barremian Abaeté Formation - fluvial conglomerates
See also
References
Bibliography
- Cristóvão Baptista, Marcos. 2004. Estratigrafia e evolução geológica da região de Lagoa Formosa (MG) (MSc. thesis), 1–116. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Accessed 2018-09-08.
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
- Carvalho, I. d. S., and S. d. S. Kattah. 1998. Dinosaur footprints from Sanfranciscana Basin, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 70. 53-67. Accessed 2020-06-28.