Bahia Group

Bahia Group Stratigraphic range: Aptian
Type	Group
Lithology
Primary	Conglomerate
Location
Coordinates	12°54′S 38°30′W / 12.9°S 38.5°W / -12.9; -38.5Coordinates: 12°54′S 38°30′W / 12.9°S 38.5°W / -12.9; -38.5
Approximate paleocoordinates	12°42′S 5°42′W / 12.7°S 5.7°W / -12.7; -5.7
Region	Bahia
Country	Brazil
Extent
Type section
Named for	Bahia
Bahia Group (Brazil)

The Bahia Group, also known as Bahia Series, is an Aptian geologic group of the in Bahia, Brazil. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.^[1] The conglomerates were deposited in an estuarine environment.^[2]

See also[]

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21.ISBN 0-520-24209-2

Further reading[]

• J. Mawson and A. S. Woodward. 1907. On the Cretaceous formation of Bahia (Brazil), and on vertebrate fossils collected therein. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 63:128-139