The Antenor Navarro Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Brazil. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]
| Antenor Navarro Formation | |
|---|---|
| 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°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 |
  Antenor Navarro Formation (Brazil) | |
Etymology edit
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 edit
Among others the following fossils have been found in the formation:[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Serrote do Pimenta tracksite at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography edit
- 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 edit
- 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