The aim of this study was to produce an integrative analysis of macroinvertebrates
(decapods, gastropods, and bivalves) and microfossils collected in the Romualdo …

Several studies have been conducted to reconstruct temperature variations across the
Aptian Stage, particularly during early Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event (OAE) 1a. There is a …

Most of the marine biotic crises that occurred during the hot Mesozoic era have been linked
to episodes of extreme warmth,. Others, however, may have occurred during cooler intervals …

Abstract The Santana Group, consisting of the Barbalha, Crato, Ipubi and Romualdo
formations, records the post-rift sequence of the Gondwana break-up in the Araripe Basin …

Early Cretaceous sedimentary basins on the South Atlantic continental margins of South
America and Africa are closely related with the Gondwana break-up, and record coeval …

Absolute dating of sedimentary rocks and fossils from the Mesozoic are still rare, mainly due
to the difficulties arising from diagenetic changes. Diagenesis promotes changes in the …

Following the unanimous approval of the Executive Committee on the International Union of
Geological Sciences as notified on April 8, 2016, the Global boundary Stratotype Section …

We have compiled stratigraphic ranges of genera of calcareous nannofossils, calcispheres,
planktonic foraminifers, larger benthic foraminifers, corals and rudists bivalves, and species …

A new relational taxonomic database for planktonic foraminifera (“pforams@ mikrotax”) has
been constructed and is now freely available online at http://www. mikrotax. org. It represents …

Abstract Fossils from the Araripe Basin (northeastern Brazil) are known for their remarkable
preservation of vertebrates and invertebrates, even including soft tissues. They occur in …