Monte Alto I (Cretaceous of Brazil)

Also known as Locality 108, Localidade 108

Where: São Paulo, Brazil (21.3° S, 48.5° W: paleocoordinates 24.8° S, 34.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Echaporã Member (Marília Formation), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• no information given

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A. P. de Jesus in 1918

Primary reference: R. J. Bertini, R. M. Santucci, and A. C. Arruda-Campos. 2001. Titanossauros (Sauropoda: Saurischia) no Cretáceo Superior continental (Formação Marília, Membro Echaporã) de Monte Alto, Estado de São Paulo, e correlação com formas associadas do Triângulo Mineiro [Titanosaurs (Sauropoda: Saurischia) from the continental Upper Cretaceous (Marília Formation, Echaporã Member) of Monte Alto, São Paulo state, and correlation with associated forms from Triângulo Mineiro]. Geosciências 20(1):93-103 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 32323: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.06.2003

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Titanosauridae
Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885 titanosaurid
DGM 165-R