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Presidente Prudente Formation 
Summary
The Presidente Prudente Formation is a geological formation of the Bauru Group in the Paraná Basin, located in Brazil whose strata date back to the Late Campanian to Early Maastrichtian.
| Presidente Prudente Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Bauru Group |
| Overlies | Adamantina Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone and mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 22°06′S 51°24′W / 22.1°S 51.4°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 26°12′S 34°36′W / 26.2°S 34.6°W |
| Region |  São Paulo |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Extent | Paraná Basin |
  Presidente Prudente Formation (Brazil) | |
History edit
Since at least 1953, parts of this formation, such as where the formation once outcropped along Raposo Tavares Road, have been lost to urban development.[1]
Paleofauna edit
Crocodyliformes edit
| Crocodyliformes reported from the Presidente Prudente Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Images | ||
| Pepesuchus[2] | P. deiseae | "a nearly complete skeleton and skull" | A member of Peirosauridae | |||
| Roxochampsa[3] | R. paulistanus | A member of Peirosauridae, previously known as "Goniopholis" paulistanus | ||||
Turtles edit
| Turtles reported from the Presidente Prudente Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Images | ||
| Bauruemys[4] | B. elegans | Skulls | A podocnemidid side-necked turtle | |||
| Roxochelys[5] | R. wanderleyi | A podocnemidid side-necked turtle | ||||
Dinosaurs edit
| Dinosaurs reported from the Presidente Prudente Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Material | Notes | Images | ||
| Abelisauridae indet.[6] | Indeterminate | Maxilla | Previously identified as carcharodontosaurid. | |||
| Austroposeidon[1] | A. magnificus | "cervical, dorsal, and sacral vertebrae, along with a cervical rib and one complete dorsal vertebra" | A titanosaurian sauropod | |||
References edit
- ^ a b Bandeira, K.L.N.; Medeiros Simbras, F.; Batista Machado, E.; de Almeida Campos, D.; Oliveira, G.R.; Kellner, A.W.A. (2016). "A New Giant Titanosauria (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous Bauru Group, Brazil". PLOS ONE. 11 (10): e0163373. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1163373B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163373. PMC 5051738. PMID 27706250.
- ^ Campos, Diogenes A.; Oliveira, Gustavo R.; Figueiredo, Rodrigo G.; Riff, Douglas; Azevedo, Sergio A.K.; Carvalho, Luciana B.; Kellner, Alexander W.A. (2011). "On a new peirosaurid crocodyliform from the Upper Cretaceous, Bauru Group, southeastern Brazil" (PDF). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 83 (1): 317–327. doi:10.1590/S0001-37652011000100020. PMID 21437389.
- ^ André E. Piacentini Pinheiro; Paulo Victor Luiz Gomes da Costa Pereira; Rafael G. de Souza; Arthur S. Brum; Ricardo T. Lopes; Alessandra S. Machado; Lílian P. Bergqvist; Felipe M. Simbras (2018). "Reassessment of the enigmatic crocodyliform "Goniopholis" paulistanus Roxo, 1936: Historical approach, systematic, and description by new materials". PLOS ONE. 13 (8): e0199984. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1399984P. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0199984. PMC 6070184. PMID 30067779.
- ^ Morphometric analysis of the Upper Cretaceous brazilian side-necked turtle Bauruemys elegans (Suárez, 1969)(Pleurodira, Podocnemididae). PSR Romano, SAK Azevedo - Arquivos do Museu Nacional, 2007
- ^ P. S. R. Romano, G. R. Oliveira, S. A. K. Azevedo, A. W. A. Kellner, and D. Almeida Campos. 2013. New Information about Pelomedusoides (Testudines: Pleurodira) from the Cretaceous of Brazil. In D. B. Brinkman, P. A. Holroyd, J. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 261-275 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
- ^ Delcourt, Rafael; Grillo, Orlando Nelson (2018). "Reassessment of a fragmentary maxilla attributed to Carcharodontosauridae from Presidente Prudente Formation, Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 84: 515–524. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.09.008.