| Antenor Navarro Formation | |
| Type: | Geological formation |
| Age: | Berriasian-Barremian ~ |
| Period: | Early Cretaceous |
| Prilithology: | Sandstone |
| Otherlithology: | Siltstone, conglomerate |
| Namedfor: | Antenor Navarro |
| Region: | Serrote do Letreiro, Paraíba |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Coordinates: | -6.7°N -38.2°W |
| Paleocoordinates: | -6.5°N -5.6°W |
| Unitof: | Rio do Peixe Group |
| Underlies: | Sousa Formation |
| Extent: | Sousa Subbasin, Rio do Peixe Basin |
The Antenor Navarro Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Brazil. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]
, 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.
Among others the following fossils have been found in the formation:[2]