Earth:Antenor Navarro Formation

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Antenor Navarro Formation
Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Barremian
~145–125 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofRio do Peixe Group
UnderliesSousa Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherSiltstone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 6°42′S 38°12′W / 6.7°S 38.2°W / -6.7; -38.2
Paleocoordinates [ ⚑ ] 6°30′S 5°36′W / 6.5°S 5.6°W / -6.5; -5.6
RegionSerrote do Letreiro, Paraiba
CountryBrazil
ExtentSousa Subbasin, Rio do Peixe Basin
Type section
Named forAntenor Navarro
Antenor Navarro Formation is located in Brazil
Antenor Navarro Formation
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 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]

See also

References

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. Serrote do Pimenta tracksite 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

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