Antenor Navarro Formation

The Antenor Navarro Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Brazil. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]

Antenor Navarro Formation
Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Barremian
~145–125 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofRio do Peixe Group
UnderliesSousa Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherSiltstone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates6°42′S 38°12′W / 6.7°S 38.2°W / -6.7; -38.2
Approximate paleocoordinates6°30′S 5°36′W / 6.5°S 5.6°W / -6.5; -5.6
RegionSerrote do Letreiro, Paraíba
CountryBrazil
ExtentSousa Subbasin, Rio do Peixe Basin
Type section
Named forAntenor Navarro
Antenor Navarro Formation is located in Brazil
Antenor Navarro Formation
Antenor Navarro Formation (Brazil)

Etymology

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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

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

See also

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References

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

Bibliography

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  • 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

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  • 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