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First record of an amniotic egg from the Romualdo Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Araripe Basin, Brazil)

Authors: Dayanne Abreu; Maria Somália Sales Viana; Paulo Víctor de Oliveira; Gustavo Fernandes Viana; Diva Maria Borges Nojosa;

First record of an amniotic egg from the Romualdo Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Araripe Basin, Brazil)

Abstract

Fossil amniotic eggs have great informative potential, especially regarding reproductive and evolutionary aspects of vertebrates. However, there are only few intact specimens or with fossilized embryos within, and the rare reported cases are mostly related to dinosaurs. In Brazil, the records of these ichnofossils are practically restricted to the Bauru Basin. This research aims to describe the first amniotic egg found in carbonate concretions in the Romualdo Formation, adding information to the study of these fossils and to the paleontological context of the basin. The specimen was collected at the Sitio Pe da Serra do Felix, in the Municipality of Simoes, Piaui State, Brazil. The methodology employed was based on Scanning Electron Microscopy, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy and Optical Microscopy techniques, as well as computed tomography analyses. The morphological and microstructural characteristics of the shell suggests the identification of the fossil as a crocodylomorph egg. This specimen differs from other fossil eggs assigned to the aforementioned group by its small size and considerably thick shell. The tomographic sections revealed possible basic structures of an embryo inside the egg, suggesting that this is the first fossilized egg with a crocodylomorph embryonic trace found in the world. Keywords: ichnofossil, amniotic egg, embryo, Crocodylomorpha, Aptian, Romualdo Formation. Ovos amnioticos fosseis possuem um grande potencial informativo, especialmente em relacao aos aspectos reprodutivos e evolutivos dos vertebrados. Contudo, existem poucos exemplares intactos ou dotados de vestigios embrionarios em seu interior e os raros casos registrados sao em sua maioria relacionados a dinossauros. No Brasil, os registros desses icnofosseis estao praticamente restritos a Bacia Bauru. O presente trabalho objetiva descrever a primeira ocorrencia de um ovo amniotico encontrado em concrecoes carbonaticas da Formacao Romualdo, acrescentando informacoes ao estudo desses fosseis e ao contexto paleontologico da bacia. O especime foi coletado no Sitio Pe da Serra do Felix, no Municipio de Simoes, Piaui, Brasil. A metodologia empregada baseou-se nas tecnicas de Microscopia Eletronica de Varredura, Espectroscopia por Energia Dispersiva e Microscopia Optica, bem como analises de tomografia computadorizada. As caracteristicas morfologicas e microestruturais da casca sugerem que o fossil se trata de um ovo de crocodilomorfa. O especime analisado difere de outros ovos fosseis atribuidos ao referido grupo taxonomico pelo tamanho reduzido e casca consideravelmente espessa. As secoes tomograficas revelaram possiveis estruturas basicas de um embriao no interior do material, sugerindo que se trata do primeiro ovo fossilizado de crocodilomorfa com restos embrionarios do mundo. Palavras-chave: icnofossil, ovo amniotico, embriao, Crocodylomorpha, Aptiano, Formacao Romualdo.

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amniotic egg, 590, embryo, Aptian, Romualdo Formation, ichnofossil, Crocodylomorpha

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