Altamira Creek (Jurassic to of Brazil)

Also known as 15 km northeast of Nova Iorque; Batrachomimus pastosbonensis type

Where: Maranhão, Brazil (6.7° S, 44.0° W: paleocoordinates 2.4° S, 11.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pastos Bons Formation, Oxfordian to Oxfordian (163.5 - 152.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; gray sandstone

• Grayish sandstones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. C. Montefeltro, H. C. E. Larsson, M. A. G. França and M. C. Langer. 2013. A new neosuchian with Asian affinities from the Jurassic of northeastern Brazil. Naturwissenschaften 100(9):835-841 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149235: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 30.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Paralligatoridae
Batrachomimus pastosbonensis n. gen. n. sp. Montefeltro et al. 2013 crocodilian
LPRP/USP-0617 (Laboratório de Paleontologia, FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto) - holotype (partial skull, lacking most of the skull table, neurocranium and the left temporal region; nearly complete mandibles; disarticulated elements of the body armor and limbs)