Also known as Rubinéia City Quarry
Where: São Paulo, Brazil (20.2° S, 51.0° W: paleocoordinates 25.4° S, 30.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Santo Anastácio Formation, Turonian to Turonian (93.9 - 72.1 Ma)
• approx 2-3 meters above base of formation, near the contact with the underlying Serra Geral Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
•sandstone is commonly purplish brown with dispersed pebbles; the general aspect is massive, although locally exhibit poorly defined cross-stratifications.
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: specimen at Universidade Estadual Paulista-Campus Sao Jose do Rio Preto (Sao Paulo State, Brazil) under the label URP RT-1.
Primary reference: M. C. Menegazzo, R. J. Bertini, and F. F. Manzini. 2015. A new turtle from the Upper Cretaceous Bauru Group of Brazil, updated phylogeny and implications for age of the Santo Anastacio Formation. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 58:18-32 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 179843: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 02.07.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
|