Uberaba Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian
~84.9–70.6 Ma

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Type| Geological formation
Unit of| Bauru Group
Underlies| Marília Formation
Overlies| Adamantina Formation
Lithology
Primary| Limestone, sandstone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 19°48′S 47°54′W﻿ / ﻿19.8°S 47.9°W﻿ / -19.8; -47.9
Paleocoordinates|  [ ⚑ ] 24°30′S 29°12′W﻿ / ﻿24.5°S 29.2°W﻿ / -24.5; -29.2
Region| Template:Country data Minas Gerais
Country|  Brazil
Extent| Bauru Sub-basin, Paraná Basin
Type section
Named for| Uberaba

Uberaba Formation (Brazil)

The Uberaba Formation is a Campanian geologic formation belonging to the Bauru Group of the Bauru Sub-basin, Paraná Basin located in Minas Gerais state of southeastern Brazil . The Uberaba Formation, intercalating the fossiliferous older Adamantina and younger Marília Formation, comprises limestones, sandstones, and conglomerates, often cemented by calcite with volcaniclastic sediments.[1] The formation interfingers with the Adamantina Formation.[2]

Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.[3] A megaraptoran similar to Aerosteon is known from the formation.[4]

The crocodylomorph Uberabasuchus was described from the overlying Marília Formation.

## Contents

* 1 See also
* 2 References
* 2.1 Bibliography
* 3 Further reading

## See also

* List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
* List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
* Campanian formations
* Anacleto Formation, contemporaneous Lagerstätte of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina
* Los Llanos Formation, contemporaneous ooliferous formation of the Sierra de Los Llanos, Argentina
* Lago Colhué Huapí Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Golfo San Jorge Basin, Argentina
* Vista Alegre crater, possibly Aptian impact crater in the Paraná Basin

## References

1. ↑ Brusatte et al., 2017, p.1470
2. ↑ Brusatte et al., 2017, p.1467
3. ↑ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
4. ↑ Martinelli, Agustín Guillermo; Borges Ribeiro, Luiz Carlos; Méndez, Ariel Hernán; Macedo Neto, Francisco; Lourencini Cavellani, Camila; Felix, Eduardo; Da Fonseca Ferraz, Mara Lucía; de Paula Antunes Teixeira, Vicente (2013). "Insight on the theropod fauna from the Uberaba Formation (Bauru Group), Minas Gerais State: New megaraptoran specimen from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil". Rivista Italiana Di Paleontologia E Stratigrafia. ISSN 0035-6883. http://ri.conicet.gov.ar/handle/11336/2630.

### Bibliography

* Brusatte, Stephen L.; Carlos R.A. Candeiro, and Felipe M. Simbras. 2017. The last dinosaurs of Brazil: The Bauru Group and its implications for the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 89\. 1465–1485. Accessed 2019-03-28.
* Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN:0-520-24209-2

## Further reading

* Candeiro, C.R.A.; A.G. Martinelli; L.S. Avilla, and T.H. Rich. 2006. Tetrapods from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian–Maastrichtian) Bauru Group of Brazil: a reappraisal. Cretaceous Research 27\. 923–946. Accessed 2019-03-28.

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