Sousa Formation
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| name = Sousa Formation
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| type = Geological formation
| period = Hauterivian
| age = Berriasian-Hauterivian
| prilithology = Siltstone
| otherlithology = Sandstone
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| region = Paraíba
| country = Brazil
| coordinates = {{coord|6.8|S|38.2|W|display=inline,title}}
| paleocoordinates = {{coord|4.5|S|5.3|W|display=inline}}
| unitof = Rio do Peixe Group
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| underlies = Rio Piranhas Formation
| overlies = Antenor Navarro Formation
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| extent = Rio do Peixe Basin
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| lon_deg = -38.2
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The Sousa Formation is a Berriasian-Hauterivian geologic formation in Paraíba, Brazil. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
Ichnofossils
Among others, these ichnofossils have been reported from the formation:[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=56463 Passagem das Pedras] at Fossilworks.org
- Carnosauria indet.
- Coelurosauria indet.
- Moraesichnium barbarenae
- Sousaichnium pricei
- Sousatitanosauripus robsoni.{{Cite journal|last1=Gomes |first1=Z. T. |last2=Erickson |first2=R. F. |last3=Aureliano |first3=T. |last4=Ghilardi |first4=A. M. |year=2024 |title=A new ichnosite and ichnogenus from the Lower Cretaceous Rio do Peixe Basin, Brazil, with novel insights into the evolution of Titanosauriformes |journal=Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology |pages=1–15 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2385613 }}
- Staurichnium diogenis
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
= Bibliography =
- {{citation |last1=Weishampel |first1=David B. |author2-link=Peter Dodson |last2=Dodson |first2=Peter |author3-link=Halszka Osmólska |last3=Osmólska |first3=Halszka |year=2004 |title=The Dinosauria, 2nd edition |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZFDb_iw40C |publisher=Berkeley: University of California Press |pages=1–880 |accessdate=2019-02-21 |isbn=0-520-24209-2 |author1-link=David B. Weishampel }}
Further reading
- [http://www2.muse.it/pubblicazioni/6/actaG81/01acta%20g%20leonardi%20vers2.pdf New dinosaur tracksites from the Sousa Lower Cretaceous basin (Paraíba, Brasil)]
- [http://rodadas.anp.gov.br/arquivos/Round9/palestras/Rio-do-Peixe(ingles).pdf ANP - Brazil Round 9 - Rio do Peixe Basin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814232616/http://rodadas.anp.gov.br/arquivos/Round9/palestras/Rio-do-Peixe(ingles).pdf |date=2018-08-14 }}
Category:Geologic formations of Brazil
Category:Ichnofossiliferous formations
Category:Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of South America