First Ediacaran Fauna Occurrence in Northeastern Brazil (Jaibaras Basin, ?Ediacaran-Cambrian): Preliminary Results and Regional Correlation

• Published in: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
• Main Authors: FRANCISCO R.G. BARROSO, MARIA SOMÁLIA S. VIANA, MARIO F. DE LIMA FILHO, SONIA M.O. AGOSTINHO
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2014
• Subjects: Brasil; estado do Ceará; fauna de Ediacara; ambiente transicional; Assembleia White Sea; Science; Q; White Sea; Nicholson; Rigby
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765201420130162; https://doaj.org/article/3e6606f6264b4d6e9eab823d67512a81

This study reports the first known occurrence of the Ediacaran fauna in northeastern Brazil (at Pacujá Municipality, northwestern state of Ceará) and presents preliminary interpretations of its significance. Regional correlation indicates that the fossils originated in the Jaibaras Basin and that th...