Towards an actualistic view of the Crato Konservat-Lagerstätte paleoenvironment: A new hypothesis as an Early Cretaceous (Aptian) equatorial and semi-arid wetland

AC Ribeiro, GC Ribeiro, FG Varejão, LD Battirola… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
An alternative hypothesis concerning the paleoecological and paleoenvironmental
depositional conditions of the Crato Konservat-Lagerstätte (CKL), Crato Formation, Aptian …

Mixed siliciclastic–carbonate sedimentation in an evolving epicontinental sea: Aptian record of marginal marine settings in the interior basins of north‐eastern Brazil

FG Varejao, LV Warren, MG Simoes, LA Buatois… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Aptian evaporitic transitional sequence (sag phase) of the Brazilian marginal basins
records the first connection between the Central and South Atlantic oceans in the equatorial …

Upper Aptian–lower Albian of the southern-central Araripe Basin, Brazil: Microbiostratigraphic and paleoecological inferences

RC Araripe, FAP Lemos, LAC do Prado… - Journal of South …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to produce an integrative analysis of macroinvertebrates
(decapods, gastropods, and bivalves) and microfossils collected in the Romualdo …

Transtensional tectonics during the Gondwana breakup in northeastern Brazil: Early Cretaceous paleostress inversion in the Araripe Basin

MC Rosa, N Morales, ML Assine - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
Intraplate deformation during the Mesozoic breakup of West Gondwana predominantly
occurred along major ancient lithospheric discontinuities. The Precambrian Patos Shear …

Paleoenvironmental evolution of the Aptian Romualdo Formation, Araripe Basin, Northeastern Brazil

MHH Bom, D Ceolin, KGD Kochhann, G Krahl… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
The tectonic evolution of the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway (EAG) throughout the early
Cretaceous had global implications. This break-up of western Gondwana has played a …

Fossil‐Bearing Concretions of the Araripe Basin Accumulated During Oceanic Anoxic Event 1b

MHH Bom, KGD Kochhann… - Paleoceanography …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Exceptional preservation of soft tissues by microbial entombment: insights into the taphonomy of the Crato Konservat-Lagerstätte

FG Varejão, LV Warren, MG Simões, FT Fürsich… - …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT The Aptian Crato Konservat-Lagerstätte is renowned for its exceptionally
preserved fossils in lacustrine laminated limestones. Although previous works on this site …

Chronostratigraphic constraints and paleoenvironmental interpretation of the Romualdo Formation (Santana Group, Araripe Basin, Northeastern Brazil) based on …

M Arai, ML Assine - Cretaceous Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Santana Group of the Araripe Basin is a major paleontological unit in Brazil,
incorporating two important Cretaceous Konservat-Lagerstätten. The lower formations are …

Evaluation of distinct soft-sediment deformation triggers in mixed carbonate-siliciclastic systems: Lessons from the Brazilian Pre-Salt analogue Crato Formation …

FG Varejão, LV Warren, MG Simões, RI Cerri… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soft-sediment deformation structures (SSDSs) are ubiquitous in several depositional
sedimentary environments and can be triggered by autogenic-and allogenic-related …

Earlier onset of the Early Cretaceous Equatorial humidity belt

A Santos, MADL Mota, HP Kern, G Fauth… - Global and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
The long-standing view on the Cretaceous climate zones suggests the inception of an
Equatorial Humid Belt (EHB) in the Albian. This inception contrasts with recent …