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
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Uberabatrachus carvalhoi n. gen., n. sp.
Báez et al. 2012
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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
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= Pleurodira indet.
Cope 1865
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Azevedo and Kellner 1998 | |||||||||
= Cambaremys langertoni n. gen., n. sp.
França and Langer 2005
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França and Langer 2005 | |||||||||
synonym of Roxochelys wanderleyi | ||||||||||
CPP-0252 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
= Uberabasuchus terrificus n. gen., n. sp.
Carvalho et al. 2004
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Carvalho et al. 2004 | |||||||||
CPP 630 - holotype (skull, mandible and part of the axial and appendicular skeleton) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Dinosauria
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Dinosauria indet.
Owen 1842
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Carvalho et al. 2004 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Egg | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Maniraptora indet.
Gauthier 1986
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Novas et al. 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
CPP 659 | ||||||||||
Aves indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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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)
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Candeiro et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
CPP 482, an incomplete metatarsal III of the left foot missing its proximal end | ||||||||||
Abelisauroidea indet.
Bonaparte 1991
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Machado et al. 2013 | |||||||||
MCT 1783-R, isolated tibia | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Abelisauridae
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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1 specimen | |||||||||
CPP 174 | ||||||||||
= Abelisauridae indet.
Bonaparte and Novas 1985
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Novas et al. 2008 | |||||||||
CPP 174 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Sauropoda indet.
Marsh 1878
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Titanosauridae indet.
Lydekker 1885
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Azevedo and Kellner 1998 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
incl. 2 osteoderms (CPP 297) | ||||||||||
= Titanosauria indet.
Bonaparte and Coria 1993
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Marinho and Candeiro 2005 | |||||||||
Lithostrotia indet.
Wilson and Upchurch 2003
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Martinelli et al. 2015 | |||||||||
CPPLIP 296 (squamosal bone) and CPPLIP 247 (atlas vertebra) | ||||||||||
Pisces
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Pisces indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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synonym of Osteichthyes | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Vidalamiinae indet.
Grande and Bemis 1998
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Martinelli et al. 2013 | |||||||||
CPPLIP 1303, CPPLIP 1310 and CPPLIP 1311 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
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Siluriformes indet.
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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] | |
13868 | ETE | 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] | |
19242 | ETE | 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] | |
26181 | ETE | 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] | |
19482 | ETE | 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] | |
34323 | ETE | 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] |
15056 | ETE | 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] | |
18143 | ETE | 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] |
27167 | ETE | 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] |