| Antenor Navarro Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Barremian ~145–125 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
| 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 / -6.7; -38.2 |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 6°30′S 5°36′W / 6.5°S 5.6°W / -6.5; -5.6 |
| Region | Serrote do Letreiro, Paraíba |
| Country | Brazil |
| Extent | Sousa Subbasin, Rio do Peixe Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Antenor Navarro |
  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.
Etymology
Antenor Navarro [pt], for whom the formation was named, had been a major leader of the Brazilian Revolution of 1930, which brought Getúlio 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.
Fossil content
Among others the following fossils have been found in the formation:
- Caririchnium magnificum
- Staurichnium diogenis
- Carnosauria indet.
- Nodosauridae indet.
- Sauropoda indet.
See also
References
- Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- Serrote do Pimenta tracksite at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
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
- Geologic formations of Brazil
- Lower Cretaceous Series of South America
- Cretaceous Brazil
- Barremian Stage
- Berriasian Stage
- Hauterivian Stage
- Valanginian Stage
- Sandstone formations
- Siltstone formations
- Conglomerate formations
- Alluvial deposits
- Fluvial deposits
- Lacustrine deposits
- Ichnofossiliferous formations
- Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of South America
- Paleontology in Brazil
- Geography of Paraíba