Caiuá Formation

Caiuá Formation
Stratigraphic range: Barremian-Aptian
Type Geological formation
Underlies Santo Anastácio Formation
Overlies Serra Geral Formation
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Location
Region Paraná
Country  Brazil
 Paraguay
Extent Paraná Basin

The Caiuá Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Brazil and Paraguay. Fossil theropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]

Age

Era: Mesozoic
Period: Early Cretaceous
Faunal stage: Barremian-Aptian
Absolute Age: ~130 to ~120 mya [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. ↑ Brusatte, Stephen L.; Candiero, Carolos R.A.; Simbras, Felipe M. (2017). "The Last Dinosaurs of Brazil: The Bauru Group and its implications for the end of the Cretaceous mass extinction". Anias de Academia Brasileira de Ceincias. 89 (3). doi:10.1590/0001-3765201720160918.

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.
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