Sierra do Veadinho, Uberaba: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Brazil
collected 1987-

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ceratophryidae
Uberabatrachus carvalhoi n. gen., n. sp. Báez et al. 2012
Báez et al. 2012
CPPLIP 1115 - holotype (partial skeleton lacking the forelimbs and most of the hind limbs, exposed mainly in ventral view)
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
1 specimen
    = Pleurodira indet. Cope 1865
Azevedo and Kellner 1998
    = Cambaremys langertoni n. gen., n. sp. França and Langer 2005
França and Langer 2005
synonym of Roxochelys wanderleyi
CPP-0252
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
    = Uberabasuchus terrificus n. gen., n. sp. Carvalho et al. 2004
Carvalho et al. 2004
CPP 630 - holotype (skull, mandible and part of the axial and appendicular skeleton)
Reptilia - Dinosauria
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842
Carvalho et al. 2004 1 specimen
Egg
Reptilia
Maniraptora indet. Gauthier 1986
Novas et al. 2005 1 specimen
CPP 659
Aves indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
Candeiro et al. 2012 2 specimens
CPP 481, isolated pedal ungual phalanx lacking its proximal end; CPP 470, isolated pedal phalanx 1 of left digit II
cf. Enantiornithes indet. (Walker 1981)
Candeiro et al. 2012 1 specimen
CPP 482, an incomplete metatarsal III of the left foot missing its proximal end
Abelisauroidea indet. Bonaparte 1991
Machado et al. 2013
MCT 1783-R, isolated tibia
Reptilia - Abelisauridae
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
1 specimen
CPP 174
    = Abelisauridae indet. Bonaparte and Novas 1985
Novas et al. 2008
CPP 174
Reptilia
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878
Titanosauridae indet. Lydekker 1885
Azevedo and Kellner 1998 3 specimens
incl. 2 osteoderms (CPP 297)
    = Titanosauria indet. Bonaparte and Coria 1993
Marinho and Candeiro 2005
Lithostrotia indet. Wilson and Upchurch 2003
Martinelli et al. 2015
CPPLIP 296 (squamosal bone) and CPPLIP 247 (atlas vertebra)
Pisces
Pisces indet. Linnaeus 1758
synonym of Osteichthyes
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Vidalamiinae indet. Grande and Bemis 1998
Martinelli et al. 2013
CPPLIP 1303, CPPLIP 1310 and CPPLIP 1311
Actinopteri - Siluriformes
Siluriformes indet.
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Minas Gerais County:Uberaba
Coordinates: 19.7° South, 47.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.3° South, 33.6° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:900 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous - Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Senonian - Senonian
*International age/stage:Coniacian - Maastrichtian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Bauru Formation:Serra da Galga
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
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:"cross stratification" conglomeratic,calcareous sandstone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "a calciferous sandstone sequence that can be conglomeratic on a local level (Ponte Alta Member)" (Azevedo & Kellner 1998); "alternating conglomerates, sandstones, and siltstones" (Kellner 1994); "calciferous sandstone, deposited in fluvio-laucustrine environment, showing cross-stratification and conglomerate sequences" (Marinho & Candeiro 2005)
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:many
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,mechanical,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection dates:1987-
Metadata
Also known as:Ponto 2 do Price, Veadinho Hill, outcrop 2
Database number:32346
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion, M. Bell, R. Benson Enterer:M. Carrano, J. Tennant, M. Bell, R. Benson, S. Miller, K. Maguire, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-06-26 08:47:20 Last modified:2023-11-09 10:43:56
Access level:the public Released:2003-06-26 08:47:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8728. A. W. A. Kellner. 1994. Preliminary report on the microvertebrate fauna from the Late Cretaceous Bauru strata near Peirópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(3, suppl.):31A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

8727 S. A. K. Azevedo and A. W. A. Kellner. 1998. A titanosaurid (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) osteoderm from the Upper Cretaceous of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Boletim do Museu Nacional, Nova Série 44:1-6 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
44145 A. M. Báez, R. O. Gómez, L. C. B. Ribeiro, A. G. Martinelli, V. P. A. Teixeira and M. L. F. Ferraz. 2012. The diverse Cretaceous neobatrachian fauna of South America: Uberabatrachus carvalhoi, a new frog from the Maastrichtian Marília Formation, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Gondwana Research 22:1141-1150 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]
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]
43155 C. R. A. Candeiro, F. Agnolin, A. G. Martinelli and P. A. Buckup. 2012. First bird remains from the Upper Cretaceous of the Peirópolis site, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Geodiversitas 34(3):617-624 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
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]
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]
26181ETE I. d. S. Carvalho, L. C. B. Ribeiro, and L. S. Avilla. 2004. Uberabasuchus terrificus sp. nov., a new Crocodylomorpha from the Bauru Basin (Upper Cretaceous), Brazil. Gondwana Research 7(4):975-1002 [M. Carrano/S. Miller/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]
19482ETE M. A. G. França and M. C. Langer. 2005. A new freshwater turtle (Reptilia, Pleurodira, Podocnemidae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Geodiversitas 27(3):391-411 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
45436 E. B. Machado, D. d. A. Campos, J. O. Calvo and A. W. A. Kellner. 2013. A new abelisauroid from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas 30(2):446-452 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano]
34323ETE T. d. S. Marinho and C. R. A. Candeiro. 2003. A new titanosaurid (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) osteoderm from the Marília Formation (upper Maastrichtian), Minas Gerais State, Brazil. XVIII Congresso Brasileiro de Paleontologia: A Paleontologia e Suas Aplicações, 13-18 July 2003. Sociedade Brasileira de Paleontologia, Universidade de Brasília. Boletim de Resumos 185 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
15056ETE T. S. Marinho and C. R. A. Candeiro. 2005. Titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) osteoderms from the Maastrichtian of Uberaba, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Gondwana Research 8(4):473-477 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]
46273 A. G. Martinelli, S. Bogan, F. L. Angolin, L. C. B. Riberio, C. L. Cavellani, M. L. F. Ferraz, and V. P. A. Teixeira. 2013. First fossil record of amiid fishes (Halecomorphi, Amiiformes, Amiidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Uberaba, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Alcheringa 37:105-113 [M. Bell/M. Bell]
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]
18143ETE F. E. Novas, L. C. Borges Ribeiro, and I. S. Carvalho. 2005. Maniraptoran theropod ungual from the Marília Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Brazil. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, nuevo serie 7(1):31-36 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
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]