Also known as Posto do Motor, Sousa
Where: Paraíba, Brazil (6.8° S, 38.2° W: paleocoordinates 4.6° S, 5.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sousa Formation (Rio do Peixe Group), Berriasian to Berriasian (145.0 - 129.4 Ma)
• 3 track-bearing beds (levels 9-11)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray siltstone and fine-grained, gray, green siltstone
•level 10: siltstone with mud cracks and ripple marks
•level 9: gray-greenish fine siltstone or mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collected by G. Leonardi in 1977
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: G. Leonardi. 1979. New archosaurian trackways from the Rio do Peixe basin, Paraíba, Brazil. Annali dell'Università di Ferrara (Nuova Serie). Sezione IX – Scienze Geologiche e Paleontologiche 5(14):239-250 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 133617: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.09.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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