Martill, D.M., G. Bechly & R.F. Loveridge. 2007. The Crato fossil beds. Window into an ancient world. – Cambridge, Cambridge University Press

Abstract

This book comprises a very concise and complete work on one of the richest and most fascinating fossil sites in the world: the Crato Formation in north-eastern Brazil. The Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation is mined commercially, but its value may be higher in scientific terms. It has yielded exquisitely preserved fossils from a range of plants, invertebrates and vertebrates, through which the site has rightfully earned the status of fossil Lagerstätten. Read more...