Where: Ceará, Brazil (7.1° S, 39.7° W: paleocoordinates 8.6° S, 8.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Crato Formation (Santana Group), Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1996
Primary reference: D. C. Bonfim Júnior and R. B. Marques. 1997. Um novo lagarto do Cretáceo do Brazil (Lepidosauria, Squamata, Lacertilia - Formação Santana, Aptiano da Bacia do Araripe. Anuário do Instituto do Geociencias 20:233-240 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118941: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 18.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Tijubina pontei n. gen. n. sp.
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