Coordinates: 6°42′S 38°30′W / 6.7°S 38.5°W / -6.7; -38.5

Rio Piranhas Formation

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Rio Piranhas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Hauterivian
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofRio do Peixe Group
Underliesundefined
OverliesSousa Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Coordinates6°42′S 38°30′W / 6.7°S 38.5°W / -6.7; -38.5
Approximate paleocoordinates4°24′S 5°36′W / 4.4°S 5.6°W / -4.4; -5.6
RegionParaíba
CountryFile:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
ExtentTriunfo Subbasin, Rio do Peixe Basin

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

References

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

Bibliography

  • 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

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