Non-marine ostracods of the Codó Formation (upper Aptian, Lower Cretaceous), Parnaíba Basin, NE Brazil: new biostratigraphic and paleoecological insights

Author(s)
Cecília de Lima Barros, Sílvia Clara Silva, Lucas Lage Machado, Aristóteles de Moraes Rios Netto, Benjamin Sames, Thamara Daniel Alves, Roberto Pereira da Silva Júnior
Abstract

The objectives of this work were to establish a biostratigraphic framework for the 1-UN-24-PI well, to suggest a new biostratigraphic approach to the study of the upper Aptian, Lower Cretaceous, and also to provide new paleoecological inferences based on ostracods for the Codó Formation in the Parnaíba Basin, NE Brazil. The described ostracod assemblages were recovered from 24 core samples, and are mainly represented by species of Harbinia. The identified species allowed recognition of the Harbinia spp. 201-218 Biozone. The last occurrences of Harbinia crepata and Harbinia micropapillosa are suggested as potential chronostratigraphic markers. A lagoon with brackish permanent waters and with permanent hydrologic connection (saline groundwaters) but intermittent direct connection to the sea is newly proposed as a paleoenvironmental model for the Codó Formation in the studied area.

Organisation(s)
Department of Geology
External organisation(s)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Journal
Cretaceous Research
Volume
133
ISSN
0195-6671
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105125
Publication date
05-2022
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
105123 Stratigraphy, 105118 Palaeontology
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Palaeontology
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 14 - Life Below Water
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/0f71a04e-b40f-4be8-b98f-95938af97459