Also known as Crocodilus hartti type locality; Plantaforma
Where: Bahia, Brazil (12.9° S, 38.5° W: paleocoordinates 11.6° S, 5.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ilhas Group, Late/Upper Hauterivian to Late/Upper Hauterivian (136.4 - 125.5 Ma)
• Lower Cretaceous RecĂ´ncavo Basin, Bahia Supergroup, Ilhas Group (Late Hauterivian–Early Barremian)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, pebbly conglomerate and green, sandy shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by S. Allport, C. F. Hartt in 1859
Primary reference: S. Allport. 1860. On the discovery of some fossil remains near Bahia in South America. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 16:263-268 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 51912: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.07.2005, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Thoracosaurus bahiensis n. sp.
Thoracosaurus bahiensis n. sp. Marsh 1869 crocodilian | |
"Crocodilus hartti n. sp." = Sarcosuchus hartti
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Actinopteri | |
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832 gar |