Where: Minas Gerais, Brazil (19.6° S, 48.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 23.7° S, 29.9° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Serra da Galga Formation (Bauru Group), Maastrichtian (72.2 - 66.0 Ma)
• Previously described as the Serra da Galga Member of the MarĂlia Formation, but Serra da Galga now raised to the rank of formation (Soares et al. 2021)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. Hermanson, G. S. Ferreira, and M. C. Langer. 2017. The largest Cretaceous podocnemidoid turtle (Pleurodira) revealed by an isolated plate from the Bauru Basin, south-central Brazil. Historical Biology 29(6):833-840 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 187508: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 31.07.2017
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Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Podocnemidoidea indet. Gaffney et al. 2006 sideneck turtle |