| Sousa Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Hauterivian | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Rio do Peixe Group |
| Underlies | Rio Piranhas Formation |
| Overlies | Antenor Navarro Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Siltstone |
| Other | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 6°48′S 38°12′W / 6.8°S 38.2°W / -6.8; -38.2 |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 4°30′S 5°18′W / 4.5°S 5.3°W / -4.5; -5.3 |
| Region | Paraíba |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Extent | Rio do Peixe Basin |
  Sousa Formation (Brazil) | |
The Sousa Formation is a Berriasian-Hauterivian geologic formation in Paraíba, Brazil. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.
Ichnofossils
Among others, these ichnofossils have been reported from the formation:
- Carnosauria indet.
- Coelurosauria indet.
- Moraesichnium barbarenae
- Sousaichnium pricei
- Sousatitanosauripus robsoni.
- Staurichnium diogenis
See also
References
- Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- Passagem das Pedras at Fossilworks.org
- Gomes, Z. T.; Erickson, R. F.; Aureliano, T.; Ghilardi, A. M. (2024). "A new ichnosite and ichnogenus from the Lower Cretaceous Rio do Peixe Basin, Brazil, with novel insights into the evolution of Titanosauriformes". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology: 1–15. doi:10.1080/08912963.2024.2385613.
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
Further reading
- New dinosaur tracksites from the Sousa Lower Cretaceous basin (Paraíba, Brasil)
- ANP - Brazil Round 9 - Rio do Peixe Basin Archived 2018-08-14 at the Wayback Machine