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The Pastos Bons Formation is a
Late Jurassic The Late Jurassic is the third Epoch (geology), epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time scale, geologic time from 161.5 ± 1.0 to 143.1 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic stratum, strata.Owen ...
( Oxfordian to
Kimmeridgian In the geologic timescale, the Kimmeridgian is an age in the Late Jurassic Epoch and a stage in the Upper Jurassic Series. It spans the time between 154.8 ±0.8 Ma and 149.2 ±0.7 Ma (million years ago). The Kimmeridgian follows the Oxfordian ...
) geologic formation of the Parnaíba Basin in Maranhão, northeastern Brazil. The formation forms part of the sag phase of the basin. It overlies the Sardinha Formation and is overlain by the Mosquito Formation.De Castro et al., 2016, p.532 The
fluvial A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it ru ...
to
lacustrine A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from t ...
sandstone Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...
s and
shale Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of Clay mineral, clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g., Kaolinite, kaolin, aluminium, Al2Silicon, Si2Oxygen, O5(hydroxide, OH)4) and tiny f ...
s have provided fossils of a
coelacanth Coelacanths ( ) are an ancient group of lobe-finned fish (Sarcopterygii) in the class Actinistia. As sarcopterygians, they are more closely related to lungfish and tetrapods (the terrestrial vertebrates including living amphibians, reptiles, bi ...
fish, '' Parnaibaia maranhaoensis'' and a paralligatorid named after the formation, '' Batrachomimus pastosbonensis''.


Fossil content

The following fossils were reported from the formation:Pastos Bons Formation
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Crocodylomorphs


Fish


Plants


See also

* Takutu Formation, contemporaneous formation of northern Brazil and Guyana


References


Bibliography

* * * {{citation , first=Y , last=Yabumoto , year=2007 , title=A New Mesozoic coelacanth from Brazil (Sarcopterygii, Actinistia) , journal=
Paleontological Research Paleontology, also spelled as palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of the life of the past, mainly but not exclusively through the study of fossils. Paleontologists use fossils as a means to classify organisms, measure geolo ...
, volume=12 , issue=4 , pages=329–343, doi=10.2517/prpsj.12.329 Geologic formations of Brazil Jurassic System of South America Jurassic Brazil Kimmeridgian Stage Oxfordian Stage Sandstone formations Shale formations Fluvial deposits Lacustrine deposits Paleontology in Brazil Formations Northeast Region, Brazil