Patrimônio well, Fazenda Río Preto (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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

• "brick colored sandstones"

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

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885 titanosaurid