Antenor Navarro Formation

Antenor Navarro Formation
Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Barremian
Type Geological formation
Unit of Rio do Peixe Group, Sousa Subbasin, Rio do Peixe Basin
Underlies Sousa Formation
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Other Siltstone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates 6°42′S 38°12′W / 6.7°S 38.2°W / -6.7; -38.2Coordinates: 6°42′S 38°12′W / 6.7°S 38.2°W / -6.7; -38.2
Approximate paleocoordinates 6°30′S 5°36′W / 6.5°S 5.6°W / -6.5; -5.6
Region Serrote do Letreiro, Paraiba
Country Brazil

The Antenor Navarro Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Brazil. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]

Fossil content

Among others the following fossils have been found in the formation:[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. ↑ Serrote do Pimenta tracksite at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.  ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

Further reading

  • G. Leonardi and M. F. C. Dos Santos. 2006. New dinosaur tracksites from the Sousa Lower Cretaceous Basin (Paraíba, Brasil). Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali, Acta Geologica 81:5-21
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