PRIMEIRO REGISTRO DE GONIASTERIDAE (ECHINODERMATA, ASTEROIDEA) NO CRETÁCEO DO BRASIL: TURONIANO DA BACIA POTIGUAR
Authors
Cynthia Lara de Castro Manso
Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Campus Universitário Professor Alberto Carvalho
Keywords:
Cretáceo, Turoniano, Bacia Potiguar, Asteroidea, Brasil.
Abstract
A little arm of the Goniasteridae (Echinodermata:Asteroidea) tentatively attributed to the genus Crateraster Spencer, represents the first fossils record of the family in Brazil. It was collected from Turonian carbonate sediments of the Potiguar Basin, State of Rio Grande do Norte. This sea star, which is different of the most recent Goniasteridae found in depth or cold waters, probably lived on shallow environment, with warm waters.
Author Biography
Cynthia Lara de Castro Manso, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Campus Universitário Professor Alberto Carvalho
