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Crato Formation

The Crato Formation is a geologic formation of Early Cretaceous (Aptian) age in northeastern Brazil's Araripe Basin. It is an important Lagerstätte (undisturbed fossil accumulation) for palaeontologists. The strata were laid down mostly during the Aptian age, about 113 million years ago. It thought to have been deposited in a semi-arid lacustrine wetland…

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Approximate paleocoordinates
8°36′S 8°00′W / 8.6°S 8.0°W / -8.6; -8.0
Country
Brazil
Extent
Araripe Basin
Named for
Crato, Ceará
Other
Siltstone
Overlies
Barbalha Formation

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related to Bibliography · 181
Crato Formation → Abteilung, Academia Brasileira, Agnelo, Agnolin, Albian, Alencar, Alexandre Cunha, Allysson, Americas, Anais, Ancient World, Antonio, Antônio, Anurans, Análise, Aparecida, Aptian, Aquino, Araripe, Araripe Basin
related to Further reading · 45
Crato Formation → Albian, Alexsandra, André, April, Aptian, Araripe Basin, Araripephlebiidae, Archived, August, Bibcode, Borrego, Brazil, Bétard, Cabrera, Carvalho Neta, Clavilabiata, Coal Geology, Corentin, Dino, Francisco Idalecio
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Crato Formation → Aptian-Albian, Araripe Group, Araripina Formation, Bechly, Crato, It, Loveridge, Ma, Martill, Paracuru Formation, Romualdo Formation, Santana, Santana Formation, Santana Group, The, The Crato Formation, The Crato Member
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Crato Formation → An, Crato, Fish, Fossil Odonata, Hemiptera, Local, Orthoptera, The, There, Trade, When
Approximate paleocoordinates · 1
Crato Formation → 8°36′S 8°00′W / 8.6°S 8.0°W / -8.6; -8.0
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Crato Formation → Brazil
Extent · 1
Crato Formation → Araripe Basin
Named for · 1
Crato Formation → Crato, Ceará
Other · 1
Crato Formation → Siltstone

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crato doi formation 10 bibcode araripe cretaceous brazil fossil de santana aptian basin new pdf da also s2cid lower 1016

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Crato FormationCountryBrazil1.00infobox
Crato FormationExtentAraripe Basin1.00infobox
Crato FormationNamed forCrato, Ceará1.00infobox
Crato FormationOtherSiltstone1.00infobox
Crato FormationOverliesBarbalha Formation1.00infobox
Crato FormationPrimaryMudstone, limestone1.00infobox
Crato FormationRegionCeará, Pernambuco1.00infobox
Crato FormationSub-unitsNova Olinda Member1.00infobox
Crato FormationTypeGeological formation1.00infobox
Crato FormationUnderliesRomualdo & Ipubi Formations1.00infobox
Crato FormationUnit ofSantana Group1.00infobox
Crato Formationis ageologic formation of Early Cretaceous0.90text

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