lower Engenho Novo tracksite (ANEN) (Cretaceous to of Brazil)

Also known as Leonardi locality 72

Where: Paraíba, Brazil (6.7° S, 38.4° W: paleocoordinates 4.5° S, 5.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sousa Formation (Rio do Peixe Group), Berriasian to Berriasian (145.0 - 129.4 Ma)

• not far from boundary between Sousa and Antenor Navarro Fms.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; brown, sandy siltstone

• lacustrine, semi-arid climate, temporary lakes
• "reddish colored sandstone"; "siltstone to fine sandstone of light chocolate color and a little crumbly. The upper surface of the bed presents some ripple marks"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by dos Santos, Leonardi in 1984–1985, 1987

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

• 100 x 20 m area

Primary reference: M. F. C. dos Santos and C. L. A. Santos. 1987. Sobre a ocorrência de pegadas e pistas de dinossauros na localidade Engenho Novo, Antenor Navarro, Paraíba, Brasil (Grupo do Rio Peixe, Cretáceo Inferior) [On an occurrence of dinosaur tracks and trackways in the Engenho Novo locality, Antenor Navarro, Paraíba, Brazil (Rio do Peixe Group, Lower Cretaceous)]. Anais do X Congresso Brasileiro de Paleontologia, 19-25 Julho, 1987, Rio de Janeiro. Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia 1:353-366 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 58798: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.02.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
? Theropoda indet.2 Marsh 1881 theropod
ANEN 23 (tridactyl print)
 Avetheropoda -
Carnosauria indet.1 carnosaur
ANEN 2–5, 7, 9, 11–17, 19–22, 24, 26–27
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
cf. Anchisauripus sp.1 Lull 1904 theropod
ANEN 1
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878 sauropod
ANEN 10
Sauropoda indet.2 Marsh 1878 sauropod
ANEN 8