Lower Cretaceous non-marine ostracods of the Oros Formation, Iguatu basin

Autor(en)
Marcos Antnio Batista dos Santos Filho, Gerson Fauth, Benjamin Sames
Abstrakt

Non-marine ostracods have been used for a long time to aid in the understanding of the Lower Cretaceous sedimentary deposits of Brazil, with various studies showing their value for biostratigraphic zonation in different basins. The northeastern region of Brazil contains several basins south of the Potiguar Basin which originated from the rifting that resulted from the opening of the Atlantic Ocean, and thus contain an important record of the Cretaceous Period. This paper has the objective of studying the ostracods recovered from two adjacent sections (Transnordestina A and Transnordestina B) belonging to the Oros Formation, Iguatu Basin, Ceara, Brazil, detailing their taxonomy and developing biostratigraphic inferences based on the observed fauna. A total of 19 species were found in the analyzed samples, distributed among 11 genera and five families: Cypridea hystricoides, Cypridea paraibensis, Cypridea cf. C. clavata, Cypridea punctacentralis sp. nov., Brasacypris ovum, Pattersoncypris sinuata, Pattersoncypris cf. P. sinuata, Pattersoncypris? sp., Ilyocypris? arca sp. nov., Ilyocypris? latanodi sp. nov., Rhinocypris? ericius sp. nov., Pythagoracypris latavectis gen. et sp. nov., Hastacypris adamantem gen. et sp. nov., Looneyellopsis mvili, Musacchiocythere plastica, Musacchiocythere? sp., Alicenula leguminella, Alicenula cf. D. oblonga, and an incertae sedis species. From the recovered species, a HauterivianeAptian interval can be inferred for the studied sections. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Geologie
Externe Organisation(en)
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos
Journal
Cretaceous Research
Band
118
Anzahl der Seiten
22
ISSN
0195-6671
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104634
Publikationsdatum
02-2021
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
105123 Stratigraphie, 105118 Paläontologie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Palaeontology, Stratigraphy
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 14 – Leben unter Wasser
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