Bauru Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous (Coniacian-Maastrichtian) ~ | |
Type | Group |
Unit of | Bauru Sub-basin |
Sub-units | Araçatuba, Adamantina, Uberaba, Marília, Vale do Rio do Peixe, Cambambe, São José do Rio Preto & Presidente Prudente Formations |
Underlies | Alluvium |
Overlies | Caiuá Group |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Other | Conglomerate, siltstone, mudstone, coal |
Location | |
Coordinates | 19°42′S 48°00′W / 19.7°S 48.0°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 24°24′S 29°12′W / 24.4°S 29.2°W |
Region | Minas Gerais, São Paulo, General Salgado, Itapecuru-Mirim, Mato Grosso |
Country | Brazil |
Extent | Paraná Basin |
Type section | |
Named for | Bauru |
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]