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MARíLIA FORMATION Latitude and Longitude:

19°36′S 48°00′W / 19.6°S 48.0°W / -19.6; -48.0
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Marília Formation
Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian
~70–66  Ma
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Type Geological formation
Unit of Bauru Group
Overlies Uberaba Formation
Adamantina Formation
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Other Mudstone, siltstone, limestone
Location
Coordinates 19°36′S 48°00′W / 19.6°S 48.0°W / -19.6; -48.0
Approximate paleocoordinates 23°06′S 33°54′W / 23.1°S 33.9°W / -23.1; -33.9
Region  Minas Gerais
Country  Brazil
Extent Bauru Sub-basin, Paraná Basin
Type section
Named for Marília
Marília Formation is located in Brazil
Marília Formation
Marília Formation (Brazil)

The Marília Formation is a geological formation in Minas Gerais state of southeastern Brazil. Its strata date back to the Maastrichtian, and are part of the Bauru Group. [1]

The fossil-bearing Serra da Galga and Ponte Alta members were originally thought to belong to this formation [2] but were split off into the Serra da Galga Formation in 2020. [3]


Fossil content

Crurotarsans

Crocodylomorphs of the Marilia Formation
Genus Species Location Notes Images
Titanochampsa T. iorii A mesoeucrocodylian [4]

Ornithodirans

Dinosaurs of the Marilia Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Kurupi K. itaata An abelisaurid [5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Marília Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 600-604
  3. ^ Marcus Vinícius Theodoro Soares; Giorgio Basilici; Thiago da Silva Marinho; Agustín Guillermo Martinelli; André Marconato; Nigel Philip Mountney; Luca Colombera; Áquila Ferreira Mesquita; Julia Tucker Vasques; Francisco Romero Abrantes Junior; Luiz Carlos Borges Ribeiro (2021). "Sedimentology of a distributive fluvial system: The Serra da Galga Formation, a new lithostratigraphic unit (Upper Cretaceous, Bauru Basin, Brazil)". Geological Journal. 56 (2): 951–975. doi: 10.1002/gj.3987. S2CID  224928245.
  4. ^ Fachini, T.S.; Godoy, P.L.; Marsola, J.C.A.; Montefeltro, F.C.; Langer, M.C. (2022). "A large-sized mesoeucrocodylian from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil with possible neosuchian affinities". Historical Biology. 35 (10): 1–14. doi: 10.1080/08912963.2022.2122822. S2CID  252572878.
  5. ^ Iori, Fabiano Vidoi; Araújo-Júnior, Hermínio Ismael de; Tavares, Sandra A. Simionato; Marinho, Thiago da Silva; Martinelli, Agustín G. (2021-09-04). "New theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous of Brazil improves abelisaurid diversity". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 112: 103551. Bibcode: 2021JSAES.11203551I. doi: 10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103551. ISSN  0895-9811. S2CID  239682640.