Also known as Prata Paleontological District Locality 2
Where: Minas Gerais, Brazil (19.4° S, 49.3° W: paleocoordinates 23.7° S, 32.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Adamantina Formation (Bauru Group), Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• Whereas a Turonian–Santonian age for the Adamantina Formation, based on ostracods and charophytes, has been proposed (Dias-Brito et al. 2001), other authors have argued for a Campanian–Maastrichtian age, based on vertebrate fossils and an alternative interpretation of the ostracod fauna (e.g. Gobbo-Rodrigues et al. 1999; Fernandes and Coimbra 2000). Most recently, stratigraphic work on the Bauru Basin has argued for a late Campanian–early Maastrichtian age for this stratigraphic unit (Batezelli 2017).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: text incorrectly lists taxa as coming from this site, instead of locality 1
Primary reference: C. R. A. Candeiro, A. R. Santos, T. H. Rich, T. S. Marinho, and E. C. Oliveira. 2006. Vertebrate fossils from the Adamantina Formation (Late Cretaceous), Prata paleontological district, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Géobios 39:319-327 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 61579: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 20.06.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Vertebrata indet. Lamarck 1801 | |
Reptilia | |
Titanosauria indet. Bonaparte and Coria 1993 sauropod | |
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian | |
Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811 turtle |