Abstract

The Brazilian Cretaceous basins located at the northeastern region of Brazil present a wide distribution of dinosaur tracks and isolated footprints in many environmental settings: alluvial fans, braided and meandering fluvial floodplains, marginal lake borders and tidal flats. They are mainly theropod and sauropod footprints of Neocomian and Cenomanian ages that are found in Sousa, Uirauna-Brejo das Freiras, Araripe, Cedro, Malhada Vermelha, Lima Campos and Sao Luis Basins. The vertebrate ichnofossils are important biogenic sedimentary structures, a picture of the interaction between dinosaur's behavior and the substrate nature, allowing the paleobiological analysis and inferences about the palaeoenvironments.

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