Marília Formation

Marília Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
Type	Geological formation
Location
Region	South America

The Marília Formation 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.^[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Crurotarsans

Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Discredited taxon Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon		Notes Uncertain or tentative data are in small text; crossed out data are discredited.

Crocodylomorphs of the Marilia Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Itasuchus[2]	I. jesuinoi	Area 2				Itasuchus jesuinoi Uberabasuchus terrificus
Peirosaurus[2]	P. tormini	Area 2			A peirosaurid. Also found in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation in Argentina.
Uberabasuchus[2]	U. terrificus	Area 2			A peirosaurid or a basal sebecosuchian

Ornithodirans

Three distinct titanosaurids denoted as forms A, B, and C have been found in Area 4.^[2] Titanosaurine remains are known from Areas 1 and 2.^[2] Indeterminate theropod remains known from Area 1.^[2] Indeterminate maniraptor remains known from Area 1.^[2] Indeterminate abelisaurid remains are known from Areas 1 and 2.^[2] Indeterminate Carcharodontosaurid remains are known from Area 1.^[2]

Dinosaurs of the Marilia Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes
Aeolosaurus[2]	Indeterminate[2]				A titanosaurian
Baurutitan[2]	B. britoi	Area 1			A titanosaurian
Titanosaurus[2]	Indeterminate[2]	Area 1			A titanosaurian
Trigonosaurus[2]	T. pricei	Area 1			A titanosaurian
Uberabatitan[3]	U. ribeiroi				A titanosaurian

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

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1. ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, South America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 600-604. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Candeiro, C. R. A. (2009). "Vertebrates of the Marília Formation (late Maastrichtian) from the Peirópolis paleontological site: Toward a better understanding". Earth Sciences Research Journal 13 (1): 6–15. http://www.ciencias.unal.edu.co/unciencias/data-file/ESRJ/pdf/V13N1/v13n1a08.pdf. 
3. ^ Salgado, Leonardo; and 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. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00781.x.