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Rio Cabeça, São Paulo, Brazil
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -22.4196,-47.6515 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | São Paulo, Brazil |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Rio Cabeça, Santa Maria Homestead | Chahud A., Fairchild T. R., et al (2010) | Irati - Taquaral | 9.5 cm thick bed at the base of the Taquaral Member. The fossiliferous bed lies in erosional disconformity upon sandstones of the Tatuí Formation, which are penetrated locally by irregular, narrow tubular ichnofossils filled by sediment from the fossiliferous bed. | sandstone | 290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Sphenacanthus sanpauloensis species | Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Sphenacanthidae : Sphenacanthus : Sphenacanthus sanpauloensis | 290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian |
Orodus ipeunaensis species | Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Orodontiformes : Orodontidae : Orodus : Orodus ipeunaensis | 290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian |
Itapyrodus punctatus species | Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Petalodontiformes : Petalodontidae : Itapyrodus : Itapyrodus punctatus | 290.1 - 279.3 Ma Permian |
References
Chahud A., Fairchild T. R., et al (2010) Chondrichthyans from the base of the Irati Formation (Early Permian, Paraná Basin), São Paulo, Brazil, Gondwana Research 18, 528-537 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!