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{{Short description|Geological formation in Brazil}}
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| age = [[Campanian|Late Campanian]]-[[Maastrichtian|Early Maastrichtian]]
| age = [[Campanian|Late Campanian]]-[[Maastrichtian|Early Maastrichtian]]
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| extent = [[Paraná Basin]]
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The '''Presidente Prudente Formation''' is a geological formation of the [[Bauru Group]] in the [[Paraná Basin]], located in [[Brazil]] whose strata date back to the [[Campanian|Late Campanian]] to [[Maastrichtian|Early Maastrichtian]].
The '''Presidente Prudente Formation''' is a [[geological formation]] of the [[Bauru Group]] in the [[Paraná Basin]], located in [[Brazil]] whose strata date back to the [[Campanian|Late Campanian]] to [[Maastrichtian|Early Maastrichtian]].

== History ==
Since at least 1953, parts of this formation, such as where the formation once outcropped along Raposo Tavares Road, have been lost to urban development.<ref name="Austro" />


== Paleofauna ==
== Paleofauna ==
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=== Crocodyliformes ===
=== Crocodyliformes ===


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! colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Crocodyliformes]] reported from the Presidente Prudente Formation'''
! colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Crocodyliformes]] reported from the Presidente Prudente Formation'''
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! Images
! Images
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| ''[[Pepesuchus]]''<ref>[http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aabc/v83n1/v83n1a20.pdf Campos, Diogenes A.; Gustavo R. Oliveira; Rodrigo G. Figueiredo; Douglas Riff; Sergio A.K. Azevedo; Luciana B. Carvalho; Alexander W.A. Kellner (2011). "On a new peirosaurid crocodyliform from the Upper Cretaceous, Bauru Group, southeastern Brazil" (PDF). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 83 (1): 317–327.] [[doi:10.1590/S0001-37652011000100020]]</ref>
| ''[[Pepesuchus]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |url=http://www.scielo.br/pdf/aabc/v83n1/v83n1a20.pdf |doi=10.1590/S0001-37652011000100020|title=On a new peirosaurid crocodyliform from the Upper Cretaceous, Bauru Group, southeastern Brazil|journal=Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências|volume=83|pages=317–327|year=2011|last1=Campos|first1=Diogenes A.|last2=Oliveira|first2=Gustavo R.|last3=Figueiredo|first3=Rodrigo G.|last4=Riff|first4=Douglas|last5=Azevedo|first5=Sergio A.K.|last6=Carvalho|first6=Luciana B.|last7=Kellner|first7=Alexander W.A.|issue=1|pmid=21437389|doi-access=free}}</ref>
| ''P. deiseae''
| ''P. deiseae''
| "a nearly complete skeleton and skull"
| "a nearly complete skeleton and skull"
| a member of [[itasuchidae]]
| A member of [[Peirosauridae]]
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| ''[[Roxochampsa]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=André E. Piacentini Pinheiro |author2=Paulo Victor Luiz Gomes da Costa Pereira |author3=Rafael G. de Souza |author4=Arthur S. Brum |author5=Ricardo T. Lopes |author6=Alessandra S. Machado |author7=Lílian P. Bergqvist |author8=Felipe M. Simbras |year=2018 |title=Reassessment of the enigmatic crocodyliform ''"Goniopholis" paulistanus'' Roxo, 1936: Historical approach, systematic, and description by new materials |url=https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0199984&type=printable |journal=PLoS ONE |volume=13 |issue=8 |pages=e0199984 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0199984 }}</ref>
| ''[[Roxochampsa]]''<ref>{{cite journal |author1=André E. Piacentini Pinheiro |author2=Paulo Victor Luiz Gomes da Costa Pereira |author3=Rafael G. de Souza |author4=Arthur S. Brum |author5=Ricardo T. Lopes |author6=Alessandra S. Machado |author7=Lílian P. Bergqvist |author8=Felipe M. Simbras |year=2018 |title=Reassessment of the enigmatic crocodyliform ''"Goniopholis" paulistanus'' Roxo, 1936: Historical approach, systematic, and description by new materials |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=13 |issue=8 |pages=e0199984 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0199984 |pmid=30067779 |pmc=6070184 |bibcode=2018PLoSO..1399984P |doi-access=free }}</ref>
| ''R. paulistanus''
| ''R. paulistanus''
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| a member of [[itasuchidae]], previously known as ''"Goniopholis" paulistanus''
| A member of [[itasuchidae|Peirosauridae]], previously known as ''"Goniopholis" paulistanus''
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=== Turtles ===
=== Turtles ===
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! colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Turtles]] reported from the Presidente Prudente Formation'''
! colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Turtles]] reported from the Presidente Prudente Formation'''
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| ''B. elegans''
| ''B. elegans''
| Skulls
| Skulls
| a [[Podocnemididae|podocnemidid]] [[side-necked turtle]]
| A [[Podocnemididae|podocnemidid]] [[side-necked turtle]]
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=== Dinosaurs ===
=== Dinosaurs ===
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! colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Dinosaurs]] reported from the Presidente Prudente Formation'''
! colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|'''[[Dinosaurs]] reported from the Presidente Prudente Formation'''
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| [[Abelisauridae]] indet.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Delcourt |first1=Rafael |last2=Grillo |first2=Orlando Nelson |title=Reassessment of a fragmentary maxilla attributed to Carcharodontosauridae from Presidente Prudente Formation, Brazil |journal=Cretaceous Research |date=2018 |volume=84 |pages=515–524 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2017.09.008|bibcode=2018CrRes..84..515D }}</ref>
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| ''[[Austroposeidon]]''<ref>[https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0163373&type=printable Bandeira, K.L.N.; Medeiros Simbras, F.; Batista Machado, E.; de Almeida Campos, D.; Oliveira, G.R.; Kellner, A.W.A. (2016). "A New Giant Titanosauria (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous Bauru Group, Brazil". PLoS ONE. 11 (10): e0163373.] [[doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163373]] PMC 5051738 Freely accessible. {{PMID|27706250}}</ref>
| Indeterminate
| Maxilla
| Previously identified as [[carcharodontosaurid]].
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| ''[[Austroposeidon]]''<ref name=Austro>{{cite journal | last1 = Bandeira | first1 = K.L.N. | last2 = Medeiros Simbras | first2 = F. | last3 = Batista Machado | first3 = E. | last4 = de Almeida Campos | first4 = D. | last5 = Oliveira | first5 = G.R. | last6 = Kellner | first6 = A.W.A. | year = 2016 | title = A New Giant Titanosauria (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous Bauru Group, Brazil | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 11 | issue = 10| page = e0163373 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0163373 | pmid = 27706250 | pmc = 5051738 | bibcode = 2016PLoSO..1163373B | doi-access = free }}</ref>
| ''A. magnificus''
| ''A. magnificus''
| "cervical, dorsal, and sacral vertebrae, along with a cervical rib and one complete dorsal vertebra"
| "cervical, dorsal, and sacral vertebrae, along with a cervical rib and one complete dorsal vertebra"
| A [[titanosaurian]] [[sauropod]]
| A [[titanosaurian]] [[sauropod]]
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| ''[[Brasilotitan]]''<ref name=Newsauropod>{{cite journal |author1=Elaine B. Machado |author2=Leonardo dos S. Avilla |author3=William R. Nava |author4=Diogenes de A. Campos |author5=Alexander W. A. Kellner |year=2013 |title=A new titanosaur sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3701 |issue=3 |pages=301–321 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3701.3.1|pmid=26191585 }}</ref>
| ''B. nemophagus''
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| A titanosaurian sauropod
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== References ==
== References ==
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{{Reflist}}


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[[Category:Paleontology in Brazil]]
[[Category:Paleontology in Brazil]]
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[[Category:Sandstone formations]]

Latest revision as of 19:27, 18 October 2024

Presidente Prudente Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofBauru Group
OverliesAdamantina Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone and mudstone
Location
Coordinates22°06′S 51°24′W / 22.1°S 51.4°W / -22.1; -51.4
Approximate paleocoordinates26°12′S 34°36′W / 26.2°S 34.6°W / -26.2; -34.6
Region São Paulo
Country Brazil
ExtentParaná Basin
Presidente Prudente Formation is located in Brazil
Presidente Prudente Formation
Presidente Prudente Formation (Brazil)

The Presidente Prudente Formation is a geological formation of the Bauru Group in the Paraná Basin, located in Brazil whose strata date back to the Late Campanian to Early Maastrichtian.

History

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Since at least 1953, parts of this formation, such as where the formation once outcropped along Raposo Tavares Road, have been lost to urban development.[1]

Paleofauna

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Crocodyliformes

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Crocodyliformes reported from the Presidente Prudente Formation
Genus Species Material Notes Images
Pepesuchus[2] P. deiseae "a nearly complete skeleton and skull" A member of Peirosauridae
Roxochampsa[3] R. paulistanus A member of Peirosauridae, previously known as "Goniopholis" paulistanus

Turtles

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Turtles reported from the Presidente Prudente Formation
Genus Species Material Notes Images
Bauruemys[4] B. elegans Skulls A podocnemidid side-necked turtle
Roxochelys[5] R. wanderleyi A podocnemidid side-necked turtle

Dinosaurs

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Dinosaurs reported from the Presidente Prudente Formation
Genus Species Material Notes Images
Abelisauridae indet.[6] Indeterminate Maxilla Previously identified as carcharodontosaurid.
Austroposeidon[1] A. magnificus "cervical, dorsal, and sacral vertebrae, along with a cervical rib and one complete dorsal vertebra" A titanosaurian sauropod
Brasilotitan[7] B. nemophagus A titanosaurian sauropod

References

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  1. ^ a b Bandeira, K.L.N.; Medeiros Simbras, F.; Batista Machado, E.; de Almeida Campos, D.; Oliveira, G.R.; Kellner, A.W.A. (2016). "A New Giant Titanosauria (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous Bauru Group, Brazil". PLOS ONE. 11 (10): e0163373. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1163373B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163373. PMC 5051738. PMID 27706250.
  2. ^ Campos, Diogenes A.; Oliveira, Gustavo R.; Figueiredo, Rodrigo G.; Riff, Douglas; Azevedo, Sergio A.K.; Carvalho, Luciana B.; Kellner, Alexander W.A. (2011). "On a new peirosaurid crocodyliform from the Upper Cretaceous, Bauru Group, southeastern Brazil" (PDF). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 83 (1): 317–327. doi:10.1590/S0001-37652011000100020. PMID 21437389.
  3. ^ André E. Piacentini Pinheiro; Paulo Victor Luiz Gomes da Costa Pereira; Rafael G. de Souza; Arthur S. Brum; Ricardo T. Lopes; Alessandra S. Machado; Lílian P. Bergqvist; Felipe M. Simbras (2018). "Reassessment of the enigmatic crocodyliform "Goniopholis" paulistanus Roxo, 1936: Historical approach, systematic, and description by new materials". PLOS ONE. 13 (8): e0199984. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1399984P. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0199984. PMC 6070184. PMID 30067779.
  4. ^ Morphometric analysis of the Upper Cretaceous brazilian side-necked turtle Bauruemys elegans (Suárez, 1969)(Pleurodira, Podocnemididae). PSR Romano, SAK Azevedo - Arquivos do Museu Nacional, 2007
  5. ^ P. S. R. Romano, G. R. Oliveira, S. A. K. Azevedo, A. W. A. Kellner, and D. Almeida Campos. 2013. New Information about Pelomedusoides (Testudines: Pleurodira) from the Cretaceous of Brazil. In D. B. Brinkman, P. A. Holroyd, J. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 261-275 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
  6. ^ Delcourt, Rafael; Grillo, Orlando Nelson (2018). "Reassessment of a fragmentary maxilla attributed to Carcharodontosauridae from Presidente Prudente Formation, Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 84: 515–524. Bibcode:2018CrRes..84..515D. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.09.008.
  7. ^ Elaine B. Machado; Leonardo dos S. Avilla; William R. Nava; Diogenes de A. Campos; Alexander W. A. Kellner (2013). "A new titanosaur sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil". Zootaxa. 3701 (3): 301–321. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3701.3.1. PMID 26191585.
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