Bahia Group
| Bahia Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Aptian | |
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | Marfim Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 12°54′S 38°30′W / 12.9°S 38.5°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 12°42′S 5°42′W / 12.7°S 5.7°W |
| Region | Bahia |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Extent | Recôncavo Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Bahia |
  Bahia Group (Brazil) | |
The Bahia Group, also known as Bahia Series, is an Aptian geologic group of the Recôncavo Basin in Bahia, Brazil. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from unit, including those of the ornithopod Tietasaura from the Marfim Formation.[1][2] The conglomerates were deposited in an estuarine environment.[3]
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References[edit]
- ^ Bandeira, Kamila L. N.; Navarro, Bruno A.; Pêgas, Rodrigo V.; Brilhante, Natan S.; Brum, Arthur S.; de Souza, Lucy G.; de Silva, Rafael C.; Gallo, Valéria (2024). "A reassessment of the historical fossil findings from Bahia State (Northeast Brazil) reveals a diversified dinosaur fauna in the Lower Cretaceous of South America". Historical Biology: 1–42. doi:10.1080/08912963.2024.2318406.
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Pedra Furada Bay at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography[edit]
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21.ISBN 0-520-24209-2
Further reading[edit]
- J. Mawson and A. S. Woodward. 1907. On the Cretaceous formation of Bahia (Brazil), and on vertebrate fossils collected therein. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 63:128-139