Tiupampan
The Tiupampan () age is a period of geologic time (64.5–62.5 Ma) within the Paleocene epoch of the Paleogene The Paleogene Period ( ; also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Neogene Period Ma. It is the fir ... used more specifically with South American land mammal ages (SALMA). It is the oldest SALMA age and precedes the Peligran age.Tiupampan
in the Paleobiology Database

Etymology

The age is named after the paleontological site Tiupampa in Boli ...
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Maria Farinha Formation
The Maria Farinha Formation is a geological Formation (geology), formation of the Parnaíba Basin in Pernambuco State, Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil whose strata date back to the Danian stage of the Paleocene, or Tiupampan in the South American land mammal age, SALMA classification. The formation comprising limestones, dolomites, marly and sandy limestones has been deposited in a shallow marine platform depositional environment, environment. The formation has provided fossils of reptiles and fish. Description The Maria Farinha Formation outcrop, crops out in the Parnaíba Basin in the northeastern state of Pernambuco State, Pernambuco of Brazil. The formation registers the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary at the base of the formation, where it overlies the Maastrichtian Gramame Formation. The thick formation is overlain by the Eocene Tambaba Formation which is overlain by the Pliocene, Plio-Pleistocene Barreiras Formation.Ribeiro de Santana et al., 2011, p.5 Fossil content T ...
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