Dos Coqueiros tracksite, Indianópolis (INSM) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

Also known as Leonardi locality 79

Where: Paraná, Brazil (23.1° S, 52.7° W: paleocoordinates 28.2° S, 32.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Caiuá Group, Late/Upper Cretaceous (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)

• possibly upper part of formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: dune; lithified, fine-grained, medium, ferruginous, red sandstone

• "desert with dunes"
• "feldspar, eolian sandstone, reddish in color, fine to medium granulation."

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G. Leonardi in 1977

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: G. Leonardi. 1977. Two new ichnofaunas (vertebrates and invertebrates) in the eolian Cretaceous sandstones of the Caiuá Formation in northwest Paraná. Atas do I Simpósio de Geologia Regional 112-128 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 85830: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.01.2009

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Taxonomic list

• "It is interesting to note the popular belief concerning footprints found many years ago nearby, and supposedly made by a saint." (ref 61877)
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Reptilia
 Theropoda -
? Coelurosauria indet.
Mammalia
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Mammalia indet.
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
3-4 types of "primitive mammals"