Rio Piranhas Formation

Rio Piranhas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Hauterivian
Type Geological formation
Unit of Rio do Peixe Group, Triunfo Subbasin, Rio do Peixe Basin
Underlies undefined
Overlies Sousa Formation
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Location
Coordinates 6°42′S 38°30′W / 6.7°S 38.5°W / -6.7; -38.5Coordinates: 6°42′S 38°30′W / 6.7°S 38.5°W / -6.7; -38.5
Approximate paleocoordinates 4°24′S 5°36′W / 4.4°S 5.6°W / -4.4; -5.6
Region Paraíba
Country  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] Also fossils of Triunfosaurus leonardii have been found in the formation.[2]

See also

References

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. Areias Farm 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.

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