The
Marília Formation is a geological
formation in
Minas Gerais state of
southeastern Brazil . Its strata date back to the
Maastrichtian , and are part of the
Bauru Group .
The fossil-bearing Serra da Galga and Ponte Alta members were originally thought to belong to this formation but were split off into the Serra da Galga Formation in 2020.
Fossil content
Crurotarsans
Ornithodirans
Dinosaurs of the Marilia Formation
Genus
Species
Location
Stratigraphic position
Material
Notes
Images
Kurupi K. itaata
An abelisaurid
See also
References
^ Marília Formation at Fossilworks .org^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 600-604
^ Marcus Vinícius Theodoro Soares; Giorgio Basilici; Thiago da Silva Marinho; Agustín Guillermo Martinelli; André Marconato; Nigel Philip Mountney; Luca Colombera; Áquila Ferreira Mesquita; Julia Tucker Vasques; Francisco Romero Abrantes Junior; Luiz Carlos Borges Ribeiro (2021). "Sedimentology of a distributive fluvial system: The Serra da Galga Formation, a new lithostratigraphic unit (Upper Cretaceous, Bauru Basin, Brazil)" . Geological Journal . 56 (2): 951–975. doi :10.1002/gj.3987 . S2CID 224928245 . ^ Fachini, T.S.; Godoy, P.L.; Marsola, J.C.A.; Montefeltro, F.C.; Langer, M.C. (2022). "A large-sized mesoeucrocodylian from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil with possible neosuchian affinities". Historical Biology . 35 (10): 1–14. doi :10.1080/08912963.2022.2122822 . S2CID 252572878 . ^ Iori, Fabiano Vidoi; Araújo-Júnior, Hermínio Ismael de; Tavares, Sandra A. Simionato; Marinho, Thiago da Silva; Martinelli, Agustín G. (2021-09-04). "New theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous of Brazil improves abelisaurid diversity" . Journal of South American Earth Sciences . 112 : 103551. Bibcode :2021JSAES.11203551I . doi :10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103551 . ISSN 0895-9811 . S2CID 239682640 .