Antenor Navarro Formation
Geologic formation in Brazil
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The Antenor Navarro Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Brazil. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]
| Antenor Navarro Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Barremian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Rio do Peixe Group |
| Underlies | Sousa Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Siltstone, conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 6.7°S 38.2°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 6.5°S 5.6°W |
| Region | Serrote do Letreiro, Paraíba |
| Country | Brazil |
| Extent | Sousa Subbasin, Rio do Peixe Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Antenor Navarro |
  Antenor Navarro Formation (Brazil) | |
Etymology
Antenor Navarro, for whom the formation was named, had been a major leader of the Revolution of 1930, which brought Getúlio Vargas to power. He was killed in a plane crash in 1932, at the age of 34, and his name commemorated also in hundreds of street names and public institutions in Brazilian cities.[citation needed]
Fossil content
Among others the following fossils have been found in the formation:[2]