Rio Piranhas Formation
| Rio Piranhas Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Hauterivian | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Rio do Peixe Group |
| Underlies | undefined |
| Overlies | Sousa Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 6°42′S 38°30′W / 6.7°S 38.5°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 4°24′S 5°36′W / 4.4°S 5.6°W |
| Region | Paraíba |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Extent | Triunfo Subbasin, Rio do Peixe Basin |
  Rio Piranhas Formation (Brazil) | |
The Rio Piranhas Formation is a Berriasian to Hauterivian geologic formation in Paraíba, Brazil. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation,[1] in addition to fossils of the somphospondylan sauropod Triunfosaurus leonardii.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Areias Farm at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
[edit]- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
Further reading
[edit]- I. S. Carvalho, L. Salgado, R. M. Lindoso, H. I. Araújo-Júnior, F. C. Costa Nogueira and J. A. Soares. 2017. A new basal titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 75:74-84
- ANP - Brazil Round 9 - Rio do Peixe Basin Archived 2018-08-14 at the Wayback Machine