Also known as MPMA 27, Monte Alto, Sítio Paleontológico dos Gaviões; Hawk's paleontological site
Where: São Paulo, Brazil (21.3° S, 48.5° W: paleocoordinates 24.8° S, 34.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Echaporã Member (Marília Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red, yellow, calcareous sandstone
•pinkish beige, composed by sandstones poorly selected and with intense carbonate cementation
•"The fossil-bearing matrix is predominantly pinkish beige, composed by sandstones poorly selected and with intense carbonate cementation"
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Méndez in 2002, 2006, 2009, 2013-2014
Collection methods: mechanical,
• "The “Sítio Paleontológico dos Gaviões” (i.e., “Hawk's paleontological site”) is less than 1 km from the city. It was discovered in 2002 and yielded an isolated theropod pelvis that was removed and then studied by Méndez et al. (2014). Other four excavations carried out during 2006, 2009, 2013 and 2014 in the same quarry (Fig. 1), an area of approximately 10 m2, resulted in the discovery of more elements that are here described." - Iori et al. (2021)
Primary reference: A. H. Méndez, F. E. Novas, and F. V. Iori. 2014. New record of abelisauroid theropods from the Bauru Group (Upper Cretaceous), São Paulo State, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 17(1):23-32 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 156131: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 09.05.2014, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Kurupi itaata n. gen. n. sp.
Kurupi itaata n. gen. n. sp. Iori et al. 2021 ceratosaur MPMA 27-0001-02, partial pelvis consisting of incomplete right ilium and left pubis plus both ischia
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