Rio Piranhas Formation Explained

Rio Piranhas Formation
Type:Geological formation
Period:Hauterivian
Age:Berriasian-Hauterivian
Prilithology:Sandstone
Region:Paraíba
Coordinates:-6.7°N -38.5°W
Paleocoordinates:-4.4°N -5.6°W
Unitof:Rio do Peixe Group
Underlies:undefined
Overlies:Sousa Formation
Extent:Triunfo Subbasin, Rio do Peixe Basin

The Rio Piranhas Formation is a Berriasian to Hauterivian geologic formation in Paraíba, Brazil. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1] Also fossils of Triunfosaurus leonardii have been found in the formation.[2]

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  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=184127 Areias Farm