Antenor Navarro Formation
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Antenor Navarro Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Barremian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Rio do Peixe Group |
Underlies | Sousa Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Other | Siltstone, conglomerate |
Location | |
Coordinates | 6°42′S 38°12′W / 6.7°S 38.2°WCoordinates: 6°42′S 38°12′W / 6.7°S 38.2°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 6°30′S 5°36′W / 6.5°S 5.6°W |
Region | Serrote do Letreiro, Paraiba |
Country | Brazil |
Extent | Sousa Subbasin, Rio do Peixe Basin |
Type section | |
Named for | Antenor Navarro |
The Antenor Navarro Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Brazil. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]
Etymology
Antenor Navarro , for whom the formation was named, had been a major leader of the Brazilian Revolution of 1930, which brought Getulio Vargas to power. He was killed in a plane crash in 1932, at the age of 34, and his name commemorated also in hundreds of street names and public institutions in Brazilian cities.[citation needed]
Fossil content
Among others the following fossils have been found in the formation:[2]
- Caririchnium magnificum
- Staurichnium diogenis
- Carnosauria indet.
- Nodosauridae indet.
- Sauropoda indet.
See also
References
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Serrote do Pimenta tracksite at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
- The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2 ; , and . 2004.
Further reading
- G. Leonardi and M. F. C. Dos Santos. 2006. New dinosaur tracksites from the Sousa Lower Cretaceous Basin (Paraíba, Brasil). Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali, Acta Geologica 81:5-21
Categories:
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- Articles with unsourced statements from July 2020
- Geologic formations of Brazil
- Lower Cretaceous Series of South America
- Cretaceous Brazil
- Barremian Stage
- Berriasian Stage
- Hauterivian Stage
- Valanginian Stage
- Sandstone formations
- Siltstone formations
- Conglomerate formations
- Alluvial deposits
- Fluvial deposits
- Lacustrine deposits
- Ichnofossiliferous formations
- Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of South America
- Paleontology in Brazil
- Geography of Paraíba