Earth:Exu Formation
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| Exu Formation Stratigraphic range: Albian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Araripe Group |
| Underlies | Alluvium |
| Overlies | Santana Group Romualdo Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 7°36′S 40°42′W / 7.6°S 40.7°W |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 12°36′S 12°06′W / 12.6°S 12.1°W |
| Region | Piauí |
| Country | Brazil |
| Extent | Araripe Basin |
  Exu Formation (Brazil) | |
The Exu Formation is an Albian geologic formation in Brazil. Pterosaur fossils of Lophocratia indet. have been recovered from the formation.[1]
See also
- List of pterosaur-bearing stratigraphic units
- Basin history of the Araripe Basin
References
- ↑ Chapada do Araripe at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- Fabin, Carlos E.; Correia Filho, Osvaldo J.; Alencar, Márcio L.; Barbosa, José A.; de Miranda, Tiago S.; Neumann, Virgínio H.; Gomes, Igor F.; de Santana, Felipe R. (2018), "Stratigraphic Relations of the Ipubi Formation: Siliciclastic-Evaporitic Succession of the Araripe Basin", Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 90 (2 suppl 1): 2049–2071, doi:10.1590/0001-3765201820170526, PMID 29947671, http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aabc/v90n2s1/0001-3765-aabc-201820170526.pdf, retrieved 2018-10-05
- Martill, D. M (2008), "First pterosaur remains from the Exu Formation (Cretaceous) of the Araripe Basin, Brazil", Zitteliana B 28: 243–248
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