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Quiricó Formation

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Type
  
Geological formation

Overlies
  
Três Barras Formation

Other
  
siltstone, limestone

Primary
  
Sandstone

Underlies
  
Abaeté Formation

Thickness
  
60-100 m

Region
  
Minas Gerais

Quiricó Formation

Unit of
  
Areado Group (São Francisco Basin)

The Quiricó Formation is a geological formation in Minas Gerais, Brazil whose strata date back to the Lower Cretaceous (Early Cretaceous). Many occurrences of fossils are reported in the lacustrine deposits of the Quiricó Formation.

  • Tapuiasaurus macedoi
  • Dastilbe moraesi
  • Laeliichthys ancentralis
  • References

    Quiricó Formation Wikipedia