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Malhada Vermelha Formation
Malhada Vermelha Formation
Stratigraphic range: Valanginian-Hauterivian; ~138–130 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Iguatu Group
Underlies	Lima Campos Formation
Overlies	Quixoá Formation
Thickness	500–800 m (1,600–2,600 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Siltstone
Location
Coordinates	6°18′S 39°06′W / 6.3°S 39.1°W
Approximate paleocoordinates	4°30′S 6°12′W / 4.5°S 6.2°W
Region	Ceará
Country	Brazil
Extent	Lima Campos & Malhada Vermelha Basins
	Malhada Vermelha Formation (Brazil)

The Malhada Vermelha Formation is an Early Cretaceous (Valanginian to Hauterivian) geologic formation in Ceará, northeastern Brazil. The formation preserves reptile, fish and ichnofossils.

Description

The formation is characterized by a cyclic sequence of siltstones that are intercalated with fine to medium sandstones with the presence of festoon cross-stratification and climbing ripples, deposited in an alluvial environment in a hot semiarid paleoclimate.^[1]

The formation crops out in two minibasins, the Lima Campos and eponymous Malhada Vermelha Basins. The 500 to 800 metres (1,600 to 2,600 ft) thick formation overlies the Quixoá Formation and is overlain by the Lima Campos Formation.^[2]

Fossil content

The following fossils were reported from the formation:^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Malhada Vermelha Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Paula Moreira, 2018, p.106
^ ^a ^b ^c Pinheiro et al., 2013
^ Felipe L. Pinheiro; Ana Emilia Q. de Figueiredo; Paula C. Dentzien-Dias; Daniel C. Fortier; Cesar L. Schultz; Maria Somália S. Viana (2013). "Planohybodus marki sp. nov., a new fresh-water hybodontid shark from the Early Cretaceous of northeastern Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 41: 210–216. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.12.005.
^ Paula Moreira, 2018, p.107
^ Leonardi, 1989

Bibliography

Paula Moreira, João Victor; Sales Paula, Francisco Danilo; Sales Viana, Maria Somália; de Paulo Chaves, Arquimedes Pompeu; Quezado de Figueiredo, Ana Emilia (2018), "Taenidium barretti Bradshaw, 1981 na Formação Malhada Vermelha (Cretáceo Inferior), Bacia de Malhada Vermelha, Ceará, Brasil - Taenidium barretti Bradshaw, 1981 in the Malhada Vermelha Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Malhada Vermelha Basin, Ceará, Brazil", Anuário do Instituto de Geociências - UFRJ, 41: 104–112, retrieved 2020-06-18
Pinheiro, F.; de Figueiredo, A. E. Q.; Dentzien-Dias, P. C.; Fortier, D. C.; Schultz, C. I.; Viana, M. S. S. (2013), "Planohybodus marki sp. nov., a new fresh-water hybodontid shark from the Early Cretaceous of northeastern Brazil", Cretaceous Research, 41: 210–216, Bibcode:2013CrRes..41..210P, doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.12.005
Leonardi, G (1989), Inventory and statistics of the South American dinosaurian ichnofauna and its paleobiological interpretation, D. D. Gillette & M. G. Lockley (ed.), Dinosaur Tracks and Traces, pp. 165–178