Morro do Cambambe (Cretaceous to of Brazil)

Also known as Cambambe Hill

Where: Mato Grosso, Brazil (5.1° S, 55.8° W: paleocoordinates 9.0° S, 37.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cambambe Formation (Bauru Group), Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; fine-grained, medium, intraclastic, red, carbonaceous sandstone and siltstone

• "medium to fine grained sandstones intercalated with siltstones"; diagram shows plano-parallel micro-stratification, quartz clasts, clay intraclasts, and organic materials.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by D. Sundaram in 1994–2001

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: A. W. A. Kellner, D. d. A. Campos, S. A. K. Azevedo, V. G. Silva, and L. B. Carvalho. 1995. Dinosaur localities in Cretaceous rocks of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3, suppl.):39A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 59367: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.03.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Abelisauridae
Abelisauridae indet.3
Abelisauridae indet.3 Bonaparte and Novas 1985 ceratosaur
teeth, incl. UFRGS-PV-038-K
 Theropoda -
Megaraptora indet.3
Megaraptora indet.3 Benson et al. 2010 coelurosaur
UFRGS-PV-032-K, caudal vertebra
 Saurischia -
Titanosauria indet.3, Aeolosaurini indet.1, Gondwanatitan sp.2, Lithostrotia indet.3
Titanosauria indet.3 Bonaparte and Coria 1993 sauropod
teeth, incl. UFRGS-PV-037-K
Aeolosaurini indet.1 Franco-Rosas et al. 2004 sauropod
DGM 198-R (cervical rib & dorsal rib), DGM 200-R (chevron)
Gondwanatitan sp.2 Kellner and Azevedo 1999 sauropod
MP 284-288
Lithostrotia indet.3 Wilson and Upchurch 2003 sauropod
UFRGS-PV-033-K, dorsal vertebra
1Brum et al. 2021; 2Franco-Rosas et al. 2004; 3Sales et al. 2018