Antenor Navarro Formation

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Antenor Navarro Formation
Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Barremian
~145–125  Ma
Type Geological formation
Unit of Rio do Peixe Group
Underlies Sousa Formation
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Other Siltstone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates 6°42′S38°12′W / 6.7°S 38.2°W / -6.7; -38.2
Approximate paleocoordinates 6°30′S5°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
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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. [1]

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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.[ citation needed ]

Fossil content

Among others the following fossils have been found in the formation: [2]

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References

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. Serrote do Pimenta tracksite at Fossilworks.org

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