Open AccessHistórico das pesquisas paleontológicas na bacia do Araripe, Nordeste do Brasil
Author(s) -
Marise Sardenberg Salgado de Carvalho,
Maria Eugenia C. Marchesini Santos
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
anuário do instituto de geociências
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.202
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1982-3908
pISSN - 0101-9759
DOI - 10.11137/2005_1_15-34
Subject(s) - fauna , cretaceous , structural basin , paleontology , archaeology , geography , geology , ecology , biology
The Araripe Basin is located in Northeastern Brazil and is known by its diversified Cretaceous fauna and flora. The great scientific valuable fossils as insects, plants, mollusks, fishes and pterosaurs are represented mainly in Santana Formation layers. This paper displays a historical research made on the Araripe Basin since the 19 century.