Price Quarry 1 (Caieira quarry): Late Maastrichtian, Brazil
collected by L. I. Price 1949-1961

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Bivalvia
Pelecypoda indet. Goldfuss 1820
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
Itasuchus jesuinoi n. gen., n. sp. Price 1955
1 individual
DGM 434-R - holotype (cranial and postcranial bones)
Labidiosuchus amicum n. gen., n. sp. Kellner et al. 2011
Kellner et al. 2011
DGM 1480-R - holotype (Incomplete lower jaw); originally identified as a dinosaur element (Campos & Azevedo, 1992)
Titanosauriformes indet. Salgado et al. 1997
Castro and Ribeiro 2003
teeth
Caieiria allocaudata n. gen., n. sp. Silva Junior et al. 2022
Silva Junior et al. 2022
MCT 1719-R - holotype
Titanosaurus sp. Lydekker 1877
Santucci and Bertini 2001 1 individual
DGM "Series C" - MCT 1490-R; MCT 1536-R
    = cf. Titanosaurus sp. Lydekker 1877
Powell 2003
    = Baurutitan britoi n. gen., n. sp. Kellner et al. 2005
Kellner et al. 2005
Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885
1 individual
DGM "Series B" - MCT 1488-R
    = Titanosaurinae indet. Lydekker 1893
Salgado and Coria 1993
    = Titanosauridae informal indet. B Lydekker 1885
Campos and Kellner 1999
    = Trigonosaurus pricei n. gen., n. sp. Campos et al. 2005
Campos et al. 2005
MCT 1488-R - holotype
Reptilia - Titanosauridae
Megaloolithidae indet. Zhao 1979
Castro and Ribeiro 2003
Reptilia
Lithostrotia indet. Wilson and Upchurch 2003
Martinelli et al. 2015
CPPLIP 1241 (prefrontal)
Reptilia - Theropoda
Coelurosauria indet. Huene 1914
Reptilia - Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Ypupiara lopai n. gen., n. sp. Brum et al. 2021
Brum et al. 2021
Holotype: DGM 921-R, consisting of a partial preantorbital portion of a right maxillary, with three teeth in loci, and a partial posterior portion of a right dentary.
Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae
Abelisauridae indet. Bonaparte and Novas 1985
Castro and Ribeiro 2003
teeth
Reptilia - Theropoda
Carnosauria indet. Huene 1920
1 specimen
CPP 692
    = Abelisauroidea indet. Bonaparte 1991
Novas et al. 2008
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Pristiguana brasilensis n. gen., n. sp. Estes and Price 1973
Estes and Price 1973 1 individual
DGM 552 (holotype)
Reptilia - Testudines - Peiropemydidae
Pricemys caiera n. gen., n. sp. Gaffney et al. 2011
Gaffney et al. 2011
MCT 1498-R, skull
Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Podocnemididae indet. Cope 1868
Peiropemys mezzalirai n. gen., n. sp. Gaffney et al. 2011
Gaffney et al. 2011
MCT 1497-R, skull
Actinopteri
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Minas Gerais
Coordinates: 19.7° South, 47.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.3° South, 33.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:872 meters
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 8
Key time interval: Late Maastrichtian
Age range of interval: 72.1 - 66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Bauru Formation:Serra da Galga
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Previously described as the Serra da Galga Member of the Marília Formation, but Serra da Galga now raised to the rank of formation (Soares et al. 2021)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,medium,intraclastic,gray,white,yellow argillaceous,silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "coarse light yellowish-gray argillaceous sandstones" with rounded clasts; later described as "fine to medium grained white and yellow sandstones, with conspicuous siltic-argillaceous matrix, and some disseminated small argilitic pellets"
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Articulated whole bodies:some
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:L. I. Price Collection dates:1949-1961
Metadata
Also known as:Peirópolis, Serra do Veadinho outcrop 1; Serra do Veadinho; Ponto 1 do Price; "Caiera" Quarry
Database number:51628
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Holroyd, R. Benson, E. Dunne, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion, E. Dunne, R. Benson, P. Holroyd
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-06-09 08:40:35 Last modified:2024-07-26 00:21:03
Access level:the public Released:2005-06-09 08:40:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
13739.ETE L. I. Price. 1955. Novos crocodilídeos dos arenitos da Série Baurú, Cretáceo do Estado de Minas Gerais [New crocodilians from the Baurú Series sandstones, Cretaceous of Minas Gerais state]. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 27(4):487-498 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

76462 S. Apesteguia and L. Salgado. 2003. Remarks on a titanosaur pelvic girdle. Ameghiniana 40(4 (suppl.)):51R [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
78575 A. S. Brum, R. V. Pêgas, K. L. N. Bandeira, L. G. Souza, D. A. Campos and A. W. A. Kellner. 2021. A new unenlagiine (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil. Papers in Palaeontology 7(4):2075-2099 [E. Dunne/E. Dunne/P. Mannion]
13868ETE D. d. A. Campos and A. W. A. Kellner. 1999. On some sauropod (Titanosauridae) pelves from the continental Cretaceous of Brazil. In Y. Tomida, T. H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich (eds.), Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium, National Science Museum Monographs 15:143-166 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
18658ETE D. d. A. Campos, A. W. A. Kellner, R. J. Bertini and R. M. Santucci. 2005. On a titanosaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) vertebral column from the Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 63(3):565-593 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
79636 C. R. A. Candeiro. 2005. Bauru Group (Late Cretaceous) vertebrates from Triângulo Mineiro region and western São Paulo State, Brazil: an introduction. Sociedade & Natureza, Uberlândia 13(32):27-35 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
79637 C. R. A. Candeiro. 2009. Vertebrates of the Marilia Formation (late Maastrichtian) from the Peirópolis paleontological site: toward a better understanding. Earth Sciences Research Journal 13(1):6-15 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
50104 C. R. A. Candeiro and A. G. Martinelli. 2006. A review of paleogeographical and chronostratigraphical distribution of mesoeucrocodylian species from the upper Cretaceous beds from Bauru (Brazil) and Neuquen (Argentina) groups, Southern South America. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 22:116-129 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
19242ETE C. R. A. Candeiro, A. G. Martinelli, L. S. Avilla and T. H. Rich. 2006. Tetrapods from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian–Maastrichtian) Bauru Group of Brazil: a reappraisal. Cretaceous Research 27:923-946 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
86388 S.J.R.d. Castro and L. C. B. Ribeiro. 2003. Resultados preliminares do estudo dos pequenos fósseis de vertebrados da Formação Marília (Neomaastrichtiano, Grupo Bauru) na região de Uberaba, MG [Preliminary results of the study of small vertebrate fossils from the Marília Formation (Neo-Maastrichtian, Bauru Group) in the Uberaba region, MG]. Paleontologia em Destaque 44:49 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
79634 E. C. de Oliviera, A. R. Santos, and C. R. A. Candeiro. 2006. Localidades fossilíferas do Cretáceo Superior da região do Triângulo Mineiro (Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil) [Fossil localities from the Upper Cretaceous of Triângulo Mineiro region (Minas Gerais State, Brazil)]. Sociedade & Natureza, Uberlândia 18(35):151-167 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
37240 R. Estes and L. I. Price. 1973. Iguanid lizard from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil. Science 180:748-751 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
59461 E. S. Gaffney, P. A. Meylan, R. C. Wood, E. Simons, and D. De Almeida Campos. 2011. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the family Podocnemididae. American Museum Novitates 350:1-237 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/P. Mannion]
13838ETE A. W. A. Kellner and D. d. A. Campos. 2000. Brief review of dinosaur studies and perspectives in Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 72(4):509-538 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
18659ETE A. W. A. Kellner, D. d. A. Campos, and M. N. F. Trotta. 2005. Description of a titanosaurid caudal series from the Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 63(3):529-564 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
39429 A. W. A. Kellner, R. G. Figueiredo, S. A. K. Azevedo and D. A. Campos. 2011. A new cretaceous notosuchian (Mesoeucrocodylia) with bizarre dentition from Brazil. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163:S109-S115 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]
54536 A. G. Martinelli, T. da Silva Marinho, L. S. Filippi, L. C. B. Ribeiro, M. L. Fonseca Ferraz, C. L. Cavellani, and V. Paula Antunes Teixeira. 2015. Cranial bones and atlas of titanosaurs (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from Late Cretaceous (Bauru Group) of Uberaba, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
27167ETE F. E. Novas, I. d. S. Carvalho, L. C. B. Ribeiro and A. H. Méndez. 2008. First abelisaurid bone remains from the Maastrichtian Marília Formation, Bauru Basin, Brazil. Cretaceous Research 29(4):625-635 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion]
13712ETE J. E. Powell. 2003. Revision of South American titanosaurid dinosaurs: palaeobiological, palaeobiogeographical and phylogenetic aspects. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum Launceston 111:1-173 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
79643 L. C. B. Ribeiro and I. d. S. Carvalho. 2007. Peirópolis and Serra da Galga Site, Uberaba, State of Minas Gerais—land of Brazilian dinosaurs. In M. Winge, C. Schobbenhaus, C. R. G. Souza, A. C. S. Fernandes, A. Berbert-Born, & E. T. Queiroz (eds.), Sítios Geológicos e Paleontológicos do Brasil 2(10):SIGEP028:1-13 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
79647 L. C. B. Ribeiro and I. d. S. Carvalho. 2009. Peirópolis e Serra da Galga, Uberaba, MG—terra dos dinossauros do Brasil [Peirópolis and Serra da Galga, MG—land of Brazilian dinosaurs]. In M. Winge, C. Schobbenhaus, C. R. G. Souza, A. C. S. Fernandes, A. Berbert-Born, & E. T. Queiroz (eds.), Sítios Geológicos e Paleontológicos do Brasil 2:398-402 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
19127ETE L. Salgado and R. A. Coria. 1993. Consideraciones sobre las relaciones filogeneticas de Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii (Sauropoda) del Cretacico Superior de Mongolia [Considerations on the phylogenetic relationships of Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii (Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia]. X Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
17227ETE R. M. Santucci and R. J. Bertini. 2001. Distribuição paleogeográfica e biocronológica dos titanossauros (Saurischia, Sauropoda) do Grupo Bauru, Cretáceo Superior do sudeste Brasileiro [Paleogeographic and biochronologic distribution of titanosaurs (Saurischia, Sauropoda) from the Bauru Group, Upper Cretaceous of southeastern Brazil]. Revista Brasileira de Geosciências 31(3):307-314 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
83113 J. C. G. Silva Junior, A. G. Martinelli, T. S. Marinho, J. I. Silva, and M. C. Langer. 2022. New specimens of Baurutitan britoi and a taxonomic reassessment of the titanosaur dinosaur fauna (Sauropoda) from the Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Brazil. PeerJ 10:e14333 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
89045 L. S. Vidal, L. P. Bergqvist, C. R. A. Candeiro, K. L. N. Bandeira, S. Tavares, S. L. Brusatte, and P. V. L. G. C. Pereira. 2024. The axial biomechanics of Trigonosaurus pricei (Neosauropoda: Titanosauria) and the importance of the cervical–dorsal region to sauropod high-browser feeding strategy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201(3) [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]