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Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Podocnemidinura indet.
Gaffney et al. 2006
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| URP RT-1 ('Santo Anastácio form') | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Brazil | State/province: | São Paulo |
| Coordinates: | 20.2° South, 51.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.4° South, 30.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Santo Anastácio | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: approx 2-3 meters above base of formation, near the contact with the underlying Serra Geral Formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: amalgamated sandstone beds disposed in thinning upward trend. The finegrained sandstone is commonly purplish brown with dispersed pebbles; the general aspect is massive, although locally exhibit poorly defined cross-stratifications. | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: specimen at Universidade Estadual Paulista-Campus Sao Jose do Rio Preto (Sao Paulo State, Brazil) under the label URP RT-1. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Rubinéia City Quarry | ||
| Database number: | 179843 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-07-02 18:17:18 | Last modified: | 2021-04-27 04:57:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-07-02 18:17:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59657. | 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] |