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Bauru Group

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Type
  
Geological formation

Named for
  
Bauru (city)

Country
  
Brazil

Region
  
South America

The Bauru Group is a geological formation in Brazil whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. The Bauru Group was divided by Fernandes and Coimbra (1996) in four formations, namely Adamantina, Uberaba Araçatuba and Marília. In 1998, Fernandes revise the group and recognize six formations, Uberaba, Vale do Rio do Peixe, Araçatuba, São José do Rio Preto, Presidente Prudente and Marília. The Adamantina Formation was divided in Vale do Rio do Peixe, São José do Rio Preto and Presidente Prudente formations.

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Vertebrate paleofauna

See Adamantina Formation, Uberaba Formation and Marília Formation.

Gastropoda

  • Physa aridi Mezzalira, 1974
  • Physa mezzalirai Ghilardi, Carbonaro & Simone, 2011
  • Viviparus souzai Mezzalira, 1974
  • Bivalvia

  • Anodontites freitasi Mezzalira, 1974
  • Anodontites pricei Mezzalira, 1974
  • Diplodon arrudai Mezzalira, 1974
  • Florenceia peiropolensis Mezzalira, 1974
  • Itaimbea priscus (Ihering, 1913)
  • Monocondylaea cominatoi Mezzalira, 1974
  • Sancticarolis tolentinoi Mezzalira, 1974
  • Taxodontites paulistanensis (Mezzalira, 1974)
  • References

    Bauru Group Wikipedia