Rio Piranhas Formation

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]

Rio Piranhas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Hauterivian
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofRio do Peixe Group
Underliesundefined
OverliesSousa Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Coordinates6.7°S 38.5°W / -6.7; -38.5
Approximate paleocoordinates4.4°S 5.6°W / -4.4; -5.6
RegionParaíba
Country Brazil
ExtentTriunfo Subbasin, Rio do Peixe Basin
Rio Piranhas Formation is located in Brazil
Rio Piranhas Formation
Rio Piranhas Formation (Brazil)

See also

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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