Antenor Navarro Formation
| Antenor Navarro Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Barremian ~145–125 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Rio do Peixe Group |
| Underlies | Sousa Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Siltstone, conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates |   Antenor Navarro Formation (Brazil) |
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 [pt], for whom the formation was named, had been a major leader of the Brazilian Revolution of 1930, which brought Getúlio 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
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
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
