Embira-Branca hills, Coração de Jesus: Barremian - Aptian, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Abelisauridae
Abelisauroidea indet. Bonaparte 1991
1 individual
MZSP-PV 833
    = Spectrovenator ragei n. gen., n. sp. Zaher et al. 2020
Zaher et al. 2020
MZSP-PV 833
Reptilia
Tapuiasaurus macedoi n. gen., n. sp. Zaher et al. 2011
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:16.9° South, 11.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Key time interval:Barremian - Aptian
Age range of interval:125.77000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Areado Formation:Quiricó
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: approximately 2 m below the contact between the lacustrine siltstones and the massive sand- stones
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:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-02-11 10:39:37 Last modified:2023-11-09 09:40:43
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]