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Vale do Carirí - Missão Velha, Ceará, Brazil

Group	Vale do Carirí
Formation	Missão Velha
Age:	145 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Interval	Early Cretaceous
Lithology	sandstone
Number of Collections	2
Number of Occurrences	19

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Porteiras	Ceará, Brazil	Vale do Carirí - Missão Velha
Sítio Malhada	Ceará, Brazil	Vale do Carirí - Missão Velha

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Lepidotes sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : *Lepidotes*	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Vinctifer sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Aspidorhynchidae : *Vinctifer*	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Acrodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Acrodontidae : *Acrodus*	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hybodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Hybodontidae : *Hybodus*	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Planohybodus peterboroughensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Hybodontidae : Planohybodus : *Planohybodus peterboroughensis*	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Lonchidiidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Lonchidiidae	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Parvodus rugianus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Lonchidiidae : Parvodus : *Parvodus rugianus*	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Polyacrodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hybodontiformes : Polyacrodontidae : *Polyacrodus*	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Mawsonia gigas species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Coelacanthimorpha : Coelacanthiformes : Mawsoniidae : Mawsonia : *Mawsonia gigas*	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ornithopoda unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Ornithopoda	145 - 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Neoceratodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Ceratodontiformes : Neoceratodontidae : *Neoceratodus*	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Amphibia class	3	Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Dinosauria order	4	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria	145 - 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Mesoeucrocodylia unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Mesoeucrocodylia	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Lacertilia suborder	4.3	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Lacertilia	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pelomedusidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Pelomedusidae	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Carnosauria unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Carnosauria	145 - 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Sauropoda unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Sauropoda	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Theropoda unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda	145 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Brito P. M., Bertini R. J., et al (1994) Vertebrate fauna from the Missão Velha Formation (Lower Cretaceous, N.E. Brazil), Boletim do 3° sobre o Cretáceo do Brasil, Campus de Rio Claro/SP, UNESP, 139-140

Carvalho I. d. S., Viana M. S. S., et al (1995) Os icnofósseis de dinossauros da Bacia do Araripe (Crétaceo Inferior, Ceará-Brasil) [Dinosaur ichnofossils from the Araripe Basin (Lower Cretaceous, Ceará, Brazil)], Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 67 4, 433-442

Cupello C. D., Bermúdez-Rochas D. D., et al (2012) The hybodontiformes (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii from the Missão Velha Formation (? Lower Cretaceous) of the Araripe Basin, North-East Brazil, Comptes Rendus Palevol 11, 41-47

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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