Rio Piranhas Formation

The Rio Piranhas Formation is a Berriasian to Hauterivian geologic formation in Paraíba, Brazil. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation, in addition to fossils of the somphospondylan sauropod Triunfosaurus leonardii.

Fossil content

Dinosaurs

Sauropods

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
• List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
• Ornithopod tracks

References

Bibliography

Further reading

• I. S. Carvalho, L. Salgado, R. M. Lindoso, H. I. Araújo-Júnior, F. C. Costa Nogueira and J. A. Soares. 2017. A new basal titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 75:74-84
• ANP - Brazil Round 9 - Rio do Peixe Basin