Rio Piranhas Formation

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Rio Piranhas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Hauterivian
TypeGeological formation
Unit of
Underliesundefined
OverliesSousa Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Coordinates6°42′S 38°30′W / 6.7°S 38.5°W / -6.7; -38.5Coordinates: 6°42′S 38°30′W / 6.7°S 38.5°W / -6.7; -38.5
Approximate paleocoordinates4°24′S 5°36′W / 4.4°S 5.6°W / -4.4; -5.6
RegionParaíba
Country Brazil
Extent,
Rio Piranhas Formation is located in Brazil
Rio Piranhas Formation
Rio Piranhas Formation (Brazil)

The Rio Piranhas Formation is a Berriasian to Hauterivian geologic formation in Paraíba, Brazil. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1] Also fossils of Triunfosaurus leonardii have been found in the formation.[2]

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References[]

  1. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. ^ Areias Farm at Fossilworks.org

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

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