Also known as Leonardi locality 73
Where: Paraíba, Brazil (6.8° S, 38.4° W: paleocoordinates 4.6° S, 5.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rio Piranhas Formation (Rio do Peixe Group), Berriasian to Berriasian (145.0 - 129.4 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: alluvial fan; burrowed, black, gray, green siltstone
•"siltstones and sandstones containing beds of fine pebble conglomerates; the fine-grain sandstones are a yellowish color, and the coarse sandstones are gray. The grains are quartz and potassium feldspar, and the cement is more silica than carbonate. Ripple marks, primary and secondary mud cracks, and trails and burrows of invertebrates are also present."
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace
Collected by Leonardi, Santos, & Santos in 1984–1985
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float),
Primary reference: M. F. C. dos Santos and C. L. A. Santos. 1987. Novas pegadas de dinossauros retiradas de uma cerca de pedra no sítio "Cabra Assada", Antenor Navarro, Paraíba (Grupo Rio do Peixe, Cretáceo Inferior) [New dinosaur footprints removed from a stone enclosure on the "Cabra Assada" site, Antenor Navarro, Paraíba (Rio do Peixe Group, Lower Cretaceous)]. Anais do X Congresso Brasileiro de Paleontologia, 19-25 Julho, 1987, Rio de Janeiro. Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia 1:367-375 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 58800: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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