Bauru Group

Bauru Group
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous (Coniacian-Maastrichtian)
~89–66 Ma
TypeGroup
Unit ofBauru Sub-basin
Sub-unitsAraçatuba, Adamantina, Uberaba, Marília, Vale do Rio do Peixe, Cambambe, São José do Rio Preto & Presidente Prudente Formations
UnderliesAlluvium
OverliesCaiuá Group
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherConglomerate, siltstone, mudstone, coal
Location
Coordinates19°42′S 48°00′W / 19.7°S 48.0°W / -19.7; -48.0
Approximate paleocoordinates24°24′S 29°12′W / 24.4°S 29.2°W / -24.4; -29.2
RegionMinas Gerais, São Paulo, General Salgado, Itapecuru-Mirim, Mato Grosso
Country Brazil
ExtentParaná Basin
Type section
Named forBauru
Bauru Group is located in Brazil
Bauru Group
Bauru Group (Brazil)

The Bauru Group is a geological group of the Bauru Sub-basin, Paraná Basin in Minas Gerais, São Paulo, General Salgado, Itapecuru-Mirim, Mato Grosso, Brazil whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

  1. ^ Weishampel, David B. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, South America)". In Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (eds.). The Dinosauria (2nd ed.). University of California Press. pp. 600–604. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.