Английская Википедия:Açu Formation

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Confuse Шаблон:Infobox rockunit The Açu Formation is an Early Cretaceous (Albian) geologic formation of the Potiguar Basin in Ceará, northeastern Brazil. The formation comprises coarse-grained sandstones deposited in a fluvio-deltaic environment. The Açu Formation, belonging to the Apodi Group, has provided fossils of an indeterminate rebbachisaurid.

Description

The Açu Formation was deposited in a passive margin setting, overlying the Alagamar Formation and is overlain by the Jandaíra Formation. In the petroleum producing Potiguar Basin, the formation is a reservoir rock.[1]

Fossil content

The following fossils were reported from the formation:[2]

See also

References

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Bibliography

  1. Maraschin et al., 2010, p.87
  2. Açu Formation at Fossilworks.org
  3. Gomes da Costa Pereira et al., 2020