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Mari_Mari_Group Latitude and Longitude:

6°00′S 70°00′W / 6.0°S 70.0°W / -6.0; -70.0
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Mari Mari Group
Stratigraphic range: Eifelian
~392–384  Ma
Late Devonian paleogeography (380 Ma)
Type Geological group
Lithology
Primary Shale
Other Sandstone
Location
Coordinates 6°00′S 70°00′W / 6.0°S 70.0°W / -6.0; -70.0
Approximate paleocoordinates 59°54′S 61°30′W / 59.9°S 61.5°W / -59.9; -61.5
Region Amazonas
Country  Brazil
Extent Amazon Basin
Type section
Named for Marimari River
Mari Mari Group is located in Brazil
Mari Mari Group
Mari Mari Group (Brazil)

The Mari Mari Group is an Eifelian to Frasnian geologic group of the Amazon Basin in the state of Amazonas of northwestern Brazil. The group comprises shales and sandstones. [1]

Fossil content

The formation has provided fossils of Tentaculites sp., foraminifera and ostracods. [1] [2]

References

  1. ^ a b Mari Mari Group at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Melo, 1988

Bibliography

  • Melo, J. H. G. 1988. The Malvinokaffric realm in the Devonian of Brazil. N. J. McMillan, A. F. Embry, and D. J. Glass, eds. Devonian of the World, Volume I, 669–703. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. Calgary, Alberta, Canada.