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

• Main Authors: BARROSO,FRANCISCO R.G., VIANA,MARIA SOMÁLIA S., LIMA FILHO,MARIO F. DE, AGOSTINHO,SONIA M.O.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2014
• Subjects: Brazil; state of Ceará; Ediacaran fauna; fluviomarine environment; White Sea Assemblage; Nicholson; Rigby; White Sea
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652014000301029

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...