“…Furthermore, during the Late Hauterivian the Taquipe Canyon was formed in a portion of the Recôncavo basin, representing a site for preferential lacustrine deposition (Taquipe Formation) amid the prevalence of deltaic sediments in the basin (Silva et al, 2007). The analysis of palynofacies encountered in the Pojuca strata in the Recôncavo graben, together with pyrolysis data from samples collected at outcrops, indicate that rocks belonging to this formation may constitute prolific hydrocarbon sources (Portela et al, 2016;Miranda et al, 2021).…”