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The Sousa Formation is a
Berriasian In the geological timescale, the Berriasian is an age/ stage of the Early/Lower Cretaceous. It is the oldest subdivision in the entire Cretaceous. It has been taken to span the time between 143.1 ±0.6 Ma and 137.05 ± 0.2 (million years ago) ...
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Hauterivian The Hauterivian is, in the geologic timescale, an age in the Early Cretaceous Epoch or a stage in the Lower Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 132.6 ± 2 Ma and 125.77 (million years ago). The Hauterivian is preceded by the Valangi ...
geologic
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in
Paraíba Paraíba ( , ; ) is a states of Brazil, state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba i ...
, Brazil. Fossil
sauropod Sauropoda (), whose members are known as sauropods (; from '' sauro-'' + '' -pod'', 'lizard-footed'), is a clade of saurischian ('lizard-hipped') dinosaurs. Sauropods had very long necks, long tails, small heads (relative to the rest of their b ...
tracks have been reported from the formation.Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.


Ichnofossils

Among others, these
ichnofossil A trace fossil, also called an ichnofossil (; ), is a fossil record of biological activity by lifeforms, but not the preserved remains of the organism itself. Trace fossils contrast with body fossils, which are the fossilized remains of part ...
s have been reported from the formation: * Carnosauria indet. * Coelurosauria indet. * '' Moraesichnium barbarenae'' * '' Sousaichnium pricei'' * '' Sousatitanosauripus robsoni''. * '' Staurichnium diogenis''


See also

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List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations This list of dinosaur-bearing rock formations is a list of geologic formations in which dinosaur fossils have been documented. * List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils * List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils ** ...
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List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks Prosauropods Sauropods See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations This list of dinosaur-bearing rock formations is a list of geologic formations in which dinosaur fossils have been documented. * List of stratigraphic units with ...
*** Sauropod tracks


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New dinosaur tracksites from the Sousa Lower Cretaceous basin (Paraíba, Brasil)

ANP - Brazil Round 9 - Rio do Peixe Basin
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