Abstract
The Fonseca and Gandarela basins located at the Quadrilátero Ferrífero (State of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil) are classic examples of paleogene fossiliferous deposits (Eocene-Oligocene). The extraordinary diversity and abundance of fossils, particularly imprints of angiosperms leaves and arthropods, provide for evidence of luxuriant vegetation ashore a fluvial-lacustrine system, whi…