The Ediacaran is a period characterized by the diversification of early animals and extensive neritic carbonate deposits. These deposits are still not well understood in terms of facies and carbon isotope composition (δ13C). In this study we focus on the Tamengo Formation, in southwestern Brazil, which constitutes one of the most continuous and well-preserved sedimentary record of the late Ediacaran in South Am...
Various catastrophic and/or episodic events have been suggested to have caused the end-Permian mass extinction close to the Permo-Triassic Boundary (PTB). The theories and extinction-scenarios are however predominantly based on the sedimentary rock record and fossil record of the Northern Hemisphere – the Southern Hemisphere and in particular the fossil fish record worldwide being least well explored. In this s...
A espécie Krithe gnoma foi descrita a partir de sedimentos do Holoceno da margem continental do Brasil onde a mesma ocorre da plataforma ao talude. Nesta margem continental, a distribuição desta espécie é restrita a áreas de influência da corrente das Malvinas entre latitudes de 32°11'/22°31'S. K. gnoma foi selecionada para ser utilizada no presente estudo devido a excelente resolução alcançada no imageamento d...