Presidente Prudente Formation

Presidente Prudente Formation
Presidente Prudente Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Bauru Group
Overlies	Adamantina Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone and mudstone
Location
Coordinates	22°06′S 51°24′W / 22.1°S 51.4°W
Approximate paleocoordinates	26°12′S 34°36′W / 26.2°S 34.6°W
Region	São Paulo
Country	Brazil
Extent	Paraná Basin
	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

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

Crocodyliformes

Crocodyliformes reported from the Presidente Prudente Formation
Genus	Species	Material	Notes	Images
Pepesuchus^[2]	P. deiseae	"a nearly complete skeleton and skull"	A itasuchid notosuchian
Roxochampsa^[3]	R. paulistanus		A Itasuchid notosuchian; previously known as "Goniopholis" paulistanus

Turtles

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

Dinosaurs reported from the Presidente Prudente Formation
Genus	Species	Material	Notes	Images
Abelisauridae indet.^[6]	Indeterminate	Maxilla	A abelisaurid theropod; previously identified as carcharodontosaurid.
Abelisauridae indet.^[7]	Indeterminate	A middle tail vertebra	A abelisaurid; Body length estimates suggest the animal was roughly 3.4 meters long as an adult, making it one of the smallest known abelisaurids.
Austroposeidon^[1]	A. magnificus	"cervical, dorsal, and sacral vertebrae, along with a cervical rib and one complete dorsal vertebra"	A lithostrotian titanosaur
Brasilotitan^[8]	B. nemophagus		A lithostrotian titanosaur

References

1 2 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.
↑ Campos, Diogenes A.; Oliveira, Gustavo R.; Figueiredo, Rodrigo G.; Riff, Douglas; Azevedo, Sergio A.K.; Carvalho, Luciana B.; Kellner, Alexander W.A. (March 2011). "On a new peirosaurid crocodyliform from the Upper Cretaceous, Bauru Group, southeastern Brazil". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 83 (1): 317–327. Bibcode:2011AnABC..83..317C. doi:10.1590/s0001-37652011000100020. PMID 21437389.
↑ 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.
↑ Romano, Pedro Seyferth R.; de Azevedo, Sergio Alex Kugland (2007). "Morphometric analysis of the Upper Cretaceous Brazilian side-necked turtle Bauruemys elegans (Suárez, 1969) (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae)". Arquivos do Museu Nacional. 65 (4). Rio de Janeiro: 395–402. hdl:20.500.14330/PER01000275012.
↑ Romano, Pedro S. R.; Oliveira, Gustavo R.; Azevedo, Sergio A. K.; Kellner, Alexander W. A.; de Almeida Campos, Diogenes (2013). "New Information about Pelomedusoides (Testudines: Pleurodira) from the Cretaceous of Brazil". Morphology and Evolution of Turtles. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. pp. 261–275. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_16. ISBN 978-94-007-4308-3.
↑ 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.
↑ Delcourt, Rafael; Langer, Max Cardoso (June 2022). "A small abelisaurid caudal vertebra from the Bauru Basin, Presidente Prudente Formation (Late Cretaceous), Brazil adds information about the diversity and distribution of theropods in central South America". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 116 103879. Bibcode:2022JSAES.11603879D. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2022.103879.
↑ 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. Bibcode:2013Zoot.37011.3.1M. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3701.3.1. PMID 26191585.

[Austro-1] 1 2 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. (March 2011). "On a new peirosaurid crocodyliform from the Upper Cretaceous, Bauru Group, southeastern Brazil". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 83 (1): 317–327. Bibcode:2011AnABC..83..317C. 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] Romano, Pedro Seyferth R.; de Azevedo, Sergio Alex Kugland (2007). "Morphometric analysis of the Upper Cretaceous Brazilian side-necked turtle Bauruemys elegans (Suárez, 1969) (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae)". Arquivos do Museu Nacional. 65 (4). Rio de Janeiro: 395–402. hdl:20.500.14330/PER01000275012.

[5] Romano, Pedro S. R.; Oliveira, Gustavo R.; Azevedo, Sergio A. K.; Kellner, Alexander W. A.; de Almeida Campos, Diogenes (2013). "New Information about Pelomedusoides (Testudines: Pleurodira) from the Cretaceous of Brazil". Morphology and Evolution of Turtles. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. pp. 261–275. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_16. ISBN 978-94-007-4308-3.

[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] Delcourt, Rafael; Langer, Max Cardoso (June 2022). "A small abelisaurid caudal vertebra from the Bauru Basin, Presidente Prudente Formation (Late Cretaceous), Brazil adds information about the diversity and distribution of theropods in central South America". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 116 103879. Bibcode:2022JSAES.11603879D. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2022.103879.

[Newsauropod-8] 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. Bibcode:2013Zoot.37011.3.1M. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3701.3.1. PMID 26191585.

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