Embira-Branca hills, Coração de Jesus: Aptian, Brazil
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Theropoda
- Abelisauridae
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Abelisauroidea indet.
Bonaparte 1991
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MZSP-PV 833 | ||||||||||
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= Spectrovenator ragei n. gen., n. sp.
Zaher et al. 2020
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Zaher et al. 2020 | |||||||||
| MZSP-PV 833 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Tapuiasaurus macedoi n. gen., n. sp.
Zaher et al. 2011
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MZSP-PV 807 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Brazil | State/province: | Minas Gerais |
| Coordinates: | 16.7° South, 44.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.3° South, 12.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 121.4 - 113 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "lacustrine claystone beds" | |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | excellent |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 104872 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-02-11 10:39:37 | Last modified: | 2024-06-06 06:37:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-11 10:39:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35114. | ETE | H. Zaher, D. Pol, A. B. Carvalho, P. M. Nascimento, C. Riccomini, P. Larson, R. Juarez-Valieri, R. Pires-Domingues, N. J. Silva and D. A. Campos. 2011. A complete skull of an Early Cretaceous sauropod and the evolution of advanced titanosaurians. PLoS One 6(2):e16663:1-10 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 86329 | T. B. Ribeiro, P. M. M. Brito, and P. V. L. G. Costa Pereira. 2023. The predominance of teeth in the non-avian dinosaur record from Cretaceous Brazil: a review. Historical Biology [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 77018 | H. Zaher, D. Pol, B. A. Navarro, R. Delcourt, and A. B. Carvalho. 2020. An Early Cretaceous theropod dinosaur from Brazil sheds light on the cranial evolution of the Abelisauridae. Comptes Rendus Palevol 19(6):101-115 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/M. Carrano] |