Uberaba Formation Explained

Uberaba Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Period:	Campanian
Age:	Campanian ~
Prilithology:	Limestone, sandstone, conglomerate
Namedfor:	Uberaba
Coordinates:	-19.8°N -47.9°W
Paleocoordinates:	-24.5°N -29.2°W
Unitof:	Bauru Group
Underlies:	Marília Formation
Overlies:	Adamantina Formation
Extent:	Bauru Sub-basin, Paraná Basin

The Uberaba Formation is a Campanian geologic formation belonging to the Bauru Group of the Bauru Sub-basin, Paraná Basin located in Minas Gerais state of southeastern Brazil. The Uberaba Formation, intercalating the fossiliferous older Adamantina and younger Marília Formation, comprises limestones, sandstones, and conglomerates, often cemented by calcite with volcaniclastic sediments.^[1] The formation interfingers with the Adamantina Formation.^[2]

Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.^[3] A megaraptoran similar to Aerosteon is known from the formation.^[4]

The crocodylomorph Uberabasuchus was described from the overlying Marília Formation.

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
• List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
• Campanian formations
  • Anacleto Formation, contemporaneous Lagerstätte of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina
  • Los Llanos Formation, contemporaneous ooliferous formation of the Sierra de Los Llanos, Argentina
  • Lago Colhué Huapí Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Golfo San Jorge Basin, Argentina
• Cretaceous Brazil
  • Vista Alegre crater, possibly Aptian impact crater in the Paraná Basin

References

Bibliography

• Brusatte . Stephen L. . Candeiro . Carlos R.A. . Simbras . Felipe M. . 2017 . The last dinosaurs of Brazil: The Bauru Group and its implications for the end-Cretaceous mass extinction . . 89 . 3 . 1465–1485 . 10.1590/0001-3765201720160918 . 28954171 . 2019-03-28.
• Book: . David B. . . Peter . . Halszka . 2004 . The Dinosauria. 2nd . Berkeley. University of California Press . 1–880 . 2019-02-21. 0-520-24209-2.

Further reading

• Candeiro . C.R.A. . Martinelli . A.G. . Avilla . L.S. . Rich . T.H. . 2006 . Tetrapods from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian–Maastrichtian) Bauru Group of Brazil: a reappraisal . . 27 . 6 . 923–946 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.05.002 . 2006CrRes..27..923C . 2019-03-28.

Notes and References

1. Brusatte et al., 2017, p.1470
2. Brusatte et al., 2017, p.1467
3. Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
4. Martinelli. Agustín Guillermo. Borges Ribeiro. Luiz Carlos. Méndez. Ariel Hernán. Macedo Neto. Francisco. Lourencini Cavellani. Camila. Felix. Eduardo. Da Fonseca Ferraz. Mara Lucía. de Paula Antunes Teixeira. Vicente. 2013. Insight on the theropod fauna from the Uberaba Formation (Bauru Group), Minas Gerais State: New megaraptoran specimen from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 0035-6883.