The Late Cretaceous fauna and flora of the Uberaba area (Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

CANDEIRO, C. R. A., SANTOS, A. R., BERGQVIST, L. P., RIBEIRO, L. C. B., AND APESTEGUÍA, S.

JOURNAL OF SOUTH AMERICAN EARTH SCIENCES

Año: 2008 p. 203 - 216

0895-9811

The Uberaba area, in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, yields a rich continental fauna and flora from the Late Cretaceous Uberaba and Marı´lia formations. This paper reviews the diversity of the biota recorded from these formations. The most significant taxa from Peiro ´ polis are the frog Baurubatrachus pricei, the turtle Cambaremys langertoni, the lizard Pristiguana brasiliensis, the crocodyliforms Itasuchus jesuinoi, Peirosaurus tormini and Uberabasuchus terrificus, the titanosaurian Baurutitan britoi, Trigonosaurus pricei, Aeolosaurus sp., indeterminate titanosaurians, and abelisaurid, carcharodontosaurid and maniraptoran theropods. Together with faunas of a similar age in Argentina and Madagascar, the assemblages contribute to a better understanding of Late Cretaceous Gondwanan faunas as a whole.