Original scientific paper

Calcareous algae from Upper Albian – Cenomanian strata of the Potiguar basin (NE Brazil)

Bruno Granier ; Département des Sciences de la Terre, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO)
Dimas Dias-Brito ; UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista – Rio Claro, IGCE, Departamento de Geologia Aplicada
Ioan I. Bucur ; Department of Geology, Babes-Bolyai University

Abstract

Calcareous Albian-Cenomanian strata in the Potiguar basin yield a number of microfossils, among which are calcareous algae (Dasycladales and Corallinales). This data, together with an inventory of previous discoveries, enabled the discussion of their biogeography. These benthic organisms probably came from the early Central Atlantic Ocean through its northwestern neck between Africa and South America and thus reached the early South Atlantic platforms.

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Hrčak ID:

30670

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/30670

Publication date:

22.12.2008.

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