Also known as Leonardi locality 118, Baronesa Beach

Where: Maranhão, Brazil (2.4° S, 44.4° W: paleocoordinates 9.3° S, 19.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Alcântara Formation (Itapecuru Group), Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• upper part of group

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coarse channel fill; fine-grained, medium, quartzose sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by I. d. S. Carvalho in 1991

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: C. S. Ferreira, S. A. K. Azevedo, I. S. Carvalho, R. A. Gonçalves, and M. A. Vicalvi. 1992. Os fósseis da Formação Itapecuru [Fossil bones from the Itapecuru Formation]. 2o Simpósio sobre as Bacias Cretácicas Brasileiras, Rio Claro–São Paulo, 8 a 11/7/92. Resumos Expandidos 107-110 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 67225: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.11.2006

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