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 (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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