Paleontological Sites of Santa Maria

Paleontological Sites
of Santa Maria

Location| Paleorrota Geopark
Santa Maria,
Rio Grande do Sul,
Brazil
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 29°41′42″S 53°47′43″W﻿ / ﻿29.695°S 53.79528°W﻿ / -29.695; -53.79528

The Paleontological Sites of Santa Maria are located in the city of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and dating from the Triassic. Are in the Santa Maria Formation and Caturrita Formation.[1]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Tourism
* 3 Museums
* 4 Description of sites
* 5 Notes and references
* 6 See also

## History

In 1901 the first fossils were found in the town of Santa Maria, which began the Geopark Paleorrota. Since then many sites have been discovered in the city, especially near the Hill Cerrito, with outstanding attention to Sanga da Alemoa that have rich history.

## Tourism

The city of Santa Maria is a major road junction, with several highways across the city. The Hill Cerrito is surrounded by highways BR-287, BR-158 and RS-509. You should be prepared to receive tourists.

## Museums

Santa Maria has two museums that contain fossils of the region:

* Museum Vincente Pallotti
* Educational Museum Gama D'Eça

## Description of sites

Template:Paleontological Sites of Santa Maria

Seq.  | Sitio  | Coordinates  | Formation  | Description

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1 | Arroio Cancela | Template:Coor dec | Santa Maria Formation  | See: Paleontological Site Arroio Cancela.
2 | Cabeceira do Raimundo  | Template:Coor dec | Sanga do Cabral Formation | Disarticulated from Procolophon pricei.
3 | Arroio Passo das Tropas  | Template:Coor dec | Santa Maria Formation  | Vegetables prints Dicroidium flora, fish scales and wings of insects.
4 | Olaria Campus UFSM  | Template:Coor dec | Santa Maria Formation  | Vegetables prints Dicroidium flora.
5 | Colégio Militar  | Template:Coor dec | Santa Maria Formation  | Hyperodapedon.
6 | Largo Padre Cargnin  | Template:Coor dec | Santa Maria Formation  | Therioherpeton cargnini.
7 | Cerrito I  | Template:Coor dec | Santa Maria Formation and Caturrita Formation | Hyperodapedon, Stagonolepis and undetermined Cynodonts.
8 | Cerrito II  | Template:Coor dec | Santa Maria Formation and Caturrita Formation | Hyperodapedon.
9 | Cerrito III  | Template:Coor dec | Santa Maria Formation and Caturrita Formation | Hyperodapedon.
10 | Sanga Alemoa  | Template:Coor dec | Santa Maria Formation and Caturrita Formation | See: Paleontological Site Sanga of Alemoa
11 | Jazigo Cinco  | Template:Coor dec | Santa Maria Formation  | See: Paleontological Site Jazigo Cinco.
12 | Sanga do Armário  | Template:Coor dec | Santa Maria Formation  | Hyperodapedon.
13 | Vila dos Sargentos  | Template:Coor dec | Santa Maria Formation  | Bioturbation Verticalized.
14 | Cidade dos Meninos  | Template:Coor dec | Santa Maria Formation  | Hyperodapedon, osteoderms of Stagonolepis and undetermined Cynodonts.
15 | Vila Kennedy  | Template:Coor dec | Santa Maria Formation  | Hyperodapedon.
16 | Vila Caturrita  | Template:Coor dec | Santa Maria Formation and Caturrita Formation | Hyperodapedon.
17 | Bela Vista  | Template:Coor dec | Caturrita Formation | Fragments of indeterminate skulls.
18 | Jardim Berleze  | Template:Coor dec | Caturrita Formation | Petrified wood.
19 | Esc. Xavier da Rocha  | Template:Coor dec | Caturrita Formation | Petrified wood.
20 | Silva Jardim  | Template:Coor dec | Caturrita Formation | Petrified wood.

## Notes and references

Young Exaeretodon, collected by Sergio Kaminski, in the Paleontological Site Arroio Cancela

1. ↑ "SÍTIOS FOSSILÍFEROS DE SANTA MARIA, RS, BRASIL.". http://cascavel.ufsm.br/revista_ccne/ojs/index.php/cienciaenatura/article/viewFile/23/28.

## See also

* Paleorrota Geopark
* Museum Vincente Pallotti
* Educational Museum Gama D'Eça
* Paleontological Site Arroio Cancela
* Paleontological Site Sanga of Alemoa
* Paleontological Site Jazigo Cinco

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