Where: São Paulo, Brazil (21.4° S, 50.7° W: paleocoordinates 24.8° S, 36.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bauru Group, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• 90-100 m above level of underlying basalts; upper part of Bauru Group
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A. de Sales & H. Berry in 1970-1977
Collection methods: core,
• Originally found in 1970, excavated in 1977
Primary reference: G. Leonardi and S. C. Duszczak. 1977. Ocorrência de Titanosaurinae (Sauropoda, Atlantosauridae) na Formação Bauru (Cretáceo Superior) em Guararapes [Occurrence of Titanosaurinae (Sauropoda, Atlantosauridae) in the Bauru Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Guararapes]. Atas do I Simpósio de Geologia Regional, São Paulo. Sociedade Brasileira de Geologia, Núcleo São Paulo 396-403 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51666: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.06.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885 titanosaurid |