| Areado Group | |
| Type: | Group |
| Period: | Early Cretaceous |
| Age: | Tithonian-Albian ~ |
| Prilithology: | Sandstone, claystone, conglomerate |
| Namedby: | Cardoso |
| Year Ts: | 1968 |
| Region: | Minas Gerais |
| Coordinates: | -18.2°N -45.7°W |
| Paleocoordinates: | -17.1°N -12.1°W |
| Subunits: | Três Barras, Quiricó & Abaeté Formations |
| Underlies: | Mata da Corda Group |
| Overlies: | Bambuí Group |
| Extent: | São Francisco Basin |
The Areado Group is a Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (Tithonian to Albian; covering approximately 50 million years)[1] geologic group in southeastern Brazil. The group was defined by Cardoso in 1968.[2]
Various fossil theropod tracks have been reported from the aeolic sandstones of the group.[3] [4]
The group contains the following formations from young to old:[5]