Bahia Group Explained

Bahia Group
Type:	Group
Period:	Aptian
Age:	Aptian
Prilithology:	Conglomerate
Namedfor:	Bahia
Region:	Bahia
Coordinates:	-12.9°N -38.5°W
Paleocoordinates:	-12.7°N -5.7°W
Subunits:	Marfim Formation
Extent:	Recôncavo Basin

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]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing stratigraphic units

References

Bibliography

Further reading

• 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

Notes and References

1. A reassessment of the historical fossil findings from Bahia State (Northeast Brazil) reveals a diversified dinosaur fauna in the Lower Cretaceous of South America . 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 . Historical Biology . 2024 . 1–42 . 10.1080/08912963.2024.2318406. free .
2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
3. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=94537 Pedra Furada Bay