Sousa Formation

Sousa Formation Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Hauterivian
Type	Geological formation
Unit of
Underlies	Rio Piranhas Formation
Overlies	Antenor Navarro Formation
Lithology
Primary	Siltstone
Other	Sandstone
Location
Coordinates	6°48′S 38°12′W / 6.8°S 38.2°W / -6.8; -38.2Coordinates: 6°48′S 38°12′W / 6.8°S 38.2°W / -6.8; -38.2
Approximate paleocoordinates	4°30′S 5°18′W / 4.5°S 5.3°W / -4.5; -5.3
Region	Paraíba
Country	Brazil
Extent
Sousa Formation (Brazil)

The Sousa Formation is a Berriasian-Hauterivian geologic formation in Paraíba, Brazil. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.^[1]

Ichnofossils[]

Among others, these ichnofossils have been reported from the formation:^[2]

• Carnosauria indet.
• Coelurosauria indet.
• Moraesichnium barbarenae
• Sousaichnium pricei
• Staurichnium diogenis

See also[]

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks
    • Sauropod tracks

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[]

• New dinosaur tracksites from the Sousa Lower Cretaceous basin (Paraíba, Brasil)
• ANP - Brazil Round 9 - Rio do Peixe Basin