Wikipedia

Feliz Deserto Formation

The Feliz Deserto Formation is a geologic formation of the Early Cretaceous age (Berriasian to Valanginian) in northeastern Brazil's Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. The formation belongs to the rift phase, in which a great lake formed.[1]

Feliz Deserto Formation
Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Valanginian
~145–132 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Location
RegionSergipe-Alagoas Basin of Northeastern Brazil
Country Brazil
Type section
Named forFeliz Deserto

Background

edit

The formation provided fossils of bivalve and gastropod molluscs, vertebrate remains of Lepidotes fish and teeth of crocodylomorphs and spinosaurids, the oldest of the family reported in South America.[1][2]

Fossil content

edit
Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

Dinosaurs

edit

Theropods

edit
Theropods of the Feliz Deserto Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Baryonychinae Indet.[3] Indeterminate Teeth A spinosaurid theropod.
Carcharodontosauria Indet. Indeterminate
Spinosauridae Indet.[4] Indeterminate Teeth A spinosaurid theropod.
Spinosaurinae Indet.[4] Indeterminate Teeth A spinosaurid theropod.
Theropoda Indet.[4] Indeterminate Preungual Pedal Phalnax

Sauropods

edit
Saoropods of the Feliz Deserto Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Dicraeosauridae Indet. Indeterminate
Somphospondyli Indet. Indeterminate

Ornithopods

edit
Ornithopods of the Feliz Deserto Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Iguanodontia Indet. Indeterminate
Stegosauridae Indet. Indeterminate

Pterosaurs

edit
Pterosaurs of the Feliz Deserto Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Anhangueridae Indet Indeterminate

Crocodylomorphs

edit
Crocodylomorphs of the Feliz Deserto Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Neosuchia Indet.[4] Indeterminate Osteoderm and 18 Isolated Teeth

Turtles

edit
Turtles of the Feliz Deserto Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Mammals

edit
Mammals of the Feliz Deserto Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Fish

edit

Cartilaginous fish

edit
Cartilaginous fish of the Feliz Deserto Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Lobbed finned fish

edit
Lobbed-finned fish of the Feliz Deserto Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Ray-finned fish

edit
Ray-finned fish of the Feliz Deserto Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Lepidotes Indeterminate A lepidotid fish.

Crustaceans

edit
Crustaceans of the Feliz Deserto Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Molluscs

edit

Bivalves

edit
Bivalves of the Feliz Deserto Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Gastropods

edit
Gastropods of the Feliz Deserto Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

References

edit
  1. ^ a b ARAGÃO, PAULO (2021). "DENTES FÓSSEIS DE ARCOSSAUROS DA FORMAÇÃO FELIZ DESERTO (CRETÁCEO INFERIOR), BACIA DE SERGIPE-ALAGOAS". Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Sergipe.
  2. ^ Sales, Marcos A. F.; Liparini, Alexandre; De Andrade, Marco (2017). "The oldest South American occurrence of Spinosauridae (Dinosauria, Theropoda)". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 74: 83–88. Bibcode:2017JSAES..74...83S. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2016.10.005 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  3. ^ Lacerda, M. B. S.; Aragão, P. R. L.; Vieira, F. S.; Sales, M. A. F.; Liparini, A. (2023). "On the first Baryonychinae (Theropoda, Spinosauridae) teeth from South America". Zootaxa. 5264 (4): 526–544. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5264.4.4. PMID 37518033. S2CID 258210733.
  4. ^ a b c d Lacerda, M.B.S.; de Andrade, M.B.; Sales, M.A.F.; Aragão, P.R.L.; Vieira, F.S.; Bittencourt, J.S.; Liparini, A. (2023). "The vertebrate fossil record from the Feliz Deserto Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Sergipe, NE Brazil: paleoecological, taphonomic, and paleobiogeographic implications". Cretaceous Research. 147: 105463. Bibcode:2023CrRes.14705463L. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105463. ISSN 0195-6671. S2CID 255635144.


 

This article about a specific stratigraphic formation is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Feliz_Deserto_Formation&oldid=1252569035"