Nova ocorrência de Crinoidea no Pensilvaniano da Formação Itaituba, Pedreira Caltarém, norte da Bacia do Amazonas
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https://doi.org/10.4072/rbp.2023.1.03Abstract
Crinoidea from the Pennsylvanian deposits of the Itaituba Formation, Northern Amazonas Basin. The Itaituba Formation
comprises part of the marine section of the Tapajós Group in the Amazonas Basin. This unit mainly comprises Pennsylvanian carbonate deposits associated with various marine invertebrate fossils. In this work, we present new records of crinoids in the Itaituba Formation in the Caltarém quarry, north platform of the Amazonas Basin. There are described and taxonomically identified, two genera of crinoids, through the study of columnals and pluricolumnals, in addition to the interpretation of the depositional environment through the analysis of carbonate microfacies. The identified specimens correspond to the species Cyclocaudex aff. typicus Moore & Jeffords, and to the genus Pentaridica
Moore & Jeffords (first record in the Itaituba Formation). The textural, compositional, and paleontological analysis suggests four standard microfacies MPF 09, 10, 16, 23) and two faciological zones (ZF 7 E 8). The bioturbated bioclastic wackestones (MFP 09) and bioclastic wackestones/packstones (MFP 10) microfacies, with fossils of brachiopods, crinoids, echinoids, miliolid and fusulinid foraminifera, trilobites, and bryozoans, characterize an interior shelf environment, with a connection to an open marine circulation (ZF 7). The peloidal wackestones (MFP 16) and mudstones (MFP 23) microfacies, with a fossiliferous assemblage limited to brachiopods, echinoids and miliolid foraminifera, characterize a restricted lagoon environment (ZF 8). Paleontological data and microfacies analysis indicate the development of a lagoon environment with a diverse paleofauna of marine invertebrates in the carbonate platform of the northern bord of the Amazonas Basin, in the Monte Alegre County, during the Pennsylvanian.
Keywords: taxonomy, echinoderms, microfacies, paleoenvironment, Pennsylvanian.
RESUMO – A Formação Itaituba compreende parte da seção marinha do Grupo Tapajós na Bacia do Amazonas. Esta unidade compreende, principalmente, depósitos carbonáticos do Pensilvaniano associados a vários fósseis de invertebrados marinhos. Neste trabalho, apresentamos novos registros de crinoides na Formação Itaituba, na pedreira Caltarém, plataforma norte da Bacia do Amazonas. São descritos e identificados taxonomicamente dois gêneros de crinoides por meio do estudo de colunais e pluricolunais, além da interpretação do ambiente deposicional através da análise de microfácies carbonáticas. Os espécimes identificados correspondem à espécie Cyclocaudex aff. typicus Moore & Jeffords e ao gênero Pentaridica Moore & Jeffords (primeiro registro na Formação Itaituba). As análises textural, composicional e paleontológica sugerem quatro microfácies padrão (MPF 09, 10, 16, 23) e duas zonas faciológicas (ZF 7 E 8). As microfácies wackestones bioclásticas bioturbadas (MFP 09) e wackestones/packstones bioclásticas (MFP 10), com fósseis de braquiópodes, crinoides, equinoides, foraminíferos miliolídeos e fusulinídeos, trilobitas e briozoários caracterizam um ambiente de plataforma interior, com circulação marinha aberta (ZF 7). As microfácies wackestones peloidais (MFP 16) e mudstones (MFP 23), com assembleia fossilífera limitada a braquiópodes, equinoides e
foraminíferos miliolídeos caracterizam um ambiente lagunar restrito (ZF 8). Os dados paleontológicos e a análise de microfácies indicam o desenvolvimento de um ambiente lagunar na plataforma carbonática da borda norte da Bacia do Amazonas, na região de Monte Alegre, com a formação de uma paleofauna diversificada de invertebrados marinhos durante o Pensilvaniano.
Palavras-chave: taxonomia, equinodermos, microfácies, paleoambiente, Pensilvaniano.
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