Identificação e descrição de penas fósseis da Formação Crato, Cretáceo inferior da Bacia do Araripe

Abstract

This paper deals with the identification and description of 14 fossil feathers from Crato Formation and deposited in the collections of the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco in Recife, Pernambuco; at the Placido City Clouds Paleontology Museum, in the city of Santana do Cariri; and at the Regional University of Cariri, in the city of Crato, both in Ceará. Of these, 6 are contour feathers; 5 down feathers; and 3 semiplumes. Further expanding the occurrence of this type of fossils to the Araripe Basin region.