Some Middle Devonian (Eifelian-Givetian) Fossil Fish Remains from the Pimenteira Formation of the Parnaíba Basin, Northeast Brazil

• Main Authors: Maisey, John G., Melo, José Henrique G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Arquivos do Museu Nacional 2021
• Subjects: Devonian; Pimenteira Formation; Parnaíba Basin; Malvinokaffric; Elasmobranch; Devoniano; Formação Pimenteira; Bacia do Parnaíba; Malvinocáfrico; Elasmobrânquio; Nordeste; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/amn/article/view/48838

Some Middle Devonian (late Eifelian-early Givetian) fossil fish remains are described from an outcrop of the Pimenteira Formation on the eastern border of the Parnaíba Basin (Picos area, State of Piauí, northeast Brazil). These remains include a fin spine with ribbed ornament, a bicuspid shark too...