Marília Formation
Marília Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Bauru Group |
Location | |
Region |
Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo state |
Country | Brazil |
The Marília Formation is a geological formation in Goiás, Minas Gerais, and São Paulo states of southeastern Brazil. Its strata date back to the Late Cretaceous, and are part of the Bauru Group.
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Crurotarsans
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Crocodylomorphs of the Marilia Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
I. jesuinoi |
Area 2 |
Basal notosuchian |
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L. amicum |
Serra do Veadinho, Area 2 |
A notosuchian with bizarre dentition. | ||||
P. torminni |
Area 2 |
A peirosaurid. | ||||
U. terrificus |
Serra do Veadinho, Area 2 |
A peirosaurid | ||||
Ornithodirans
Three distinct titanosaurids denoted as forms A, B, and C have been found in Area 4.[2] Titanosaurine remains are known from Areas 1 and 2.[2] Indeterminate theropod remains known from Area 1.[2] Indeterminate maniraptor remains known from Area 1.[2] Indeterminate abelisaurid remains are known from Areas 1 and 2.[2] Indeterminate Carcharodontosaurid remains are known from Area 1.[2]
Dinosaurs of the Marilia Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | |
Indeterminate[2] |
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B. britoi |
Area 1 |
A titanosaurian | ||||
Indeterminate[2] |
Area 1 |
A titanosaurian | ||||
T. pricei |
Area 1 |
A titanosaurian | ||||
U. ribeiroi |
A titanosaurian |
See also
References
- ↑ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, South America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 600-604. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Candeiro, C. R. A. (2009). "Vertebrates of the Marília Formation (late Maastrichtian) from the Peirópolis paleontological site: Toward a better understanding" (PDF). Earth Sciences Research Journal. 13 (1): 6–15.
- ↑ Alexander W. A. Kellner; Rodrigo G. Figueiredo; Sergio A. K. Azevedo; Diogenes A. Campos (2011). "A new cretaceous notosuchian (Mesoeucrocodylia) with bizarre dentition from Brazil". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 163 (s1): S109–S115. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00711.x.
- ↑ Salgado, Leonardo; Carvalho, Ismar de Souza (2008). "Uberabatitan ribeiroi, a new titanosaur from the Marília Formation (Bauru Group, Upper Cretaceous), Minas Gerais, Brazil". Palaeontology. 51 (4): 881–901. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00781.x.