Serra da Galga Formation
Geological formation in Brazil
The Serra da Galga Formation is a geological formation in Minas Gerais state of southeastern Brazil . Its strata date back to the Maastrichtian , and are part of the Bauru Group .[ 1] Marília Formation .[ 2]
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[ 3]
Fossil content
Crurotarsans
Ornithodirans
Three distinct titanosaurids denoted as forms A, B, and C have been found in Area 4.[ 4] [ 4] [ 4] [ 4] [ 4] [ 4]
Dinosaurs of the Marilia Formation
Genus
Species
Location
Stratigraphic position
Material
Notes
Images
Aeolosaurus [ 4] Indeterminate
A titanosaurian [ 4]
Baurutitan B. britoi
Area 1
A titanosaurian[ 4]
Titanosauria
indet.
BR-050 Km 153-153.5, Ponto 1
Isolate teeth.[ 6]
Three morphotypes; one is one of the largest known titanosaurs and two are possible juveniles.[ 6]
Caieiria C. allocaudata
Caieira
A titanosaurian[ 7]
"Lopasaurus "[ 8]
None given
A dromaeosaur. The holotype went missing shortly after 1980 and it has not been recovered since[ 8]
Trigonosaurus T. pricei
Area 1
A titanosaurian[ 4] Baurutitan .[ 7]
Uberabatitan [ 9] U. ribeiroi
A titanosaurian[ 4]
Ypupiara [ 8] Y. lopai
A dromeosaur[ 8]
See also
References
^ "Marília Formation" . Fossilworks .org^ Marcus Vinícius Theodoro Soares; Giorgio Basilici; Thiago da Silva Marinho; Agustín Guillermo Martinelli; André Marconato; Nigel Philip Mountney; Luca Colombera; Áquila Ferreira Mesquita; Julia Tucker Vasques; Francisco Romero Abrantes Junior; Luiz Carlos Borges Ribeiro (2021). "Sedimentology of a distributive fluvial system: The Serra da Galga Formation, a new lithostratigraphic unit (Upper Cretaceous, Bauru Basin, Brazil)" (PDF) . Geological Journal . 56 (2): 951– 975. Bibcode :2021GeolJ..56..951S . doi :10.1002/gj.3987 . S2CID 224928245 . ^ Weishampel, David B. ; Dodson, Peter ; Osmólska, Halszka , eds. (2004). The Dinosauria 600– 604. ISBN 0-520-24209-2 . Retrieved 2019-02-21 .^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Candeiro, 2009
^ Kellner et al., 2011
^ a b Silva Jr., Julian C.G.; Marinho, Thiago S.; Martinelli, Agustín G.; Ribeiro, Luiz C.B.; Langer, Max C. (2023), "The largest known titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) tooth and other isolated dental elements from the Serra da Galga Formation (Cretaceous of Southeast Brazil)" , Cretaceous Research : 105656, doi :10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105656 , S2CID 259942879 ^ a b Silva Junior JC, Martinelli AG, Marinho TS, da Silva JI, Langer MC (2022). "New specimens of Baurutitan britoi and a taxonomic reassessment of the titanosaur dinosaur fauna (Sauropoda) from the Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Brazil" . PeerJ . 10 . e14333. doi :10.7717/peerj.14333 PMC 9673870 PMID 36405026 . ^ a b c d Arthur S. Brum; Rodrigo V. Pêgas; Kamila L. N. Bandeira; Lucy G. Souza; Diogenes A. Campos; Alexander W. A. Kellner (2021). "A new unenlagiine (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil". Papers in Palaeontology . 7 (4): 2075– 2099. Bibcode :2021PPal....7.2075B . doi :10.1002/spp2.1375 . S2CID 238854675 . ^ Salgado & De Carvalho, 2008
Bibliography
Candeiro, C.R.A (2009). "Vertebrates of the Marília Formation (late Maastrichtian) from the Peirópolis paleontological site: Toward a better understanding" (PDF) . Earth Sciences Research Journal 13 (1): 6– 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2019-02-16 . Kellner, Alexander W.A. ; Figueiredo, Rodrigo G.; Azevedo, Sergio A.K.; Campos, Diogenes A. (2011). "A new cretaceous notosuchian (Mesoeucrocodylia) with bizarre dentition from Brazil" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (s1): S109 – S115 . doi :10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00711.x . Retrieved 2019-02-16 .Salgado, Leonardo; De Carvalho, Ismar de Souza (2008). "Uberabatitan ribeiroi , a new titanosaur from the Marília Formation (Bauru Group, Upper Cretaceous), Minas Gerais, Brazil" . Palaeontology 51 (4): 881– 901. Bibcode :2008Palgy..51..881S . doi :10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00781.x S2CID 128831758 . Retrieved 2019-02-16 .
