Sousa Formation
Geologic formation in Brazil
title: "Sousa Formation" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["geologic-formations-of-brazil", "cretaceous-brazil", "berriasian-stage", "hauterivian-stage", "siltstone-formations", "sandstone-formations", "alluvial-deposits", "lacustrine-deposits", "ichnofossiliferous-formations", "fossiliferous-stratigraphic-units-of-south-america", "paleontology-in-brazil", "geography-of-paraíba"] description: "Geologic formation in Brazil" topic_path: "philosophy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousa_Formation" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Geologic formation in Brazil ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox rockunit"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Sousa Formation |
| type | Geological formation |
| period | Hauterivian |
| age | Berriasian-Hauterivian |
| prilithology | Siltstone |
| otherlithology | Sandstone |
| region | Paraíba |
| country | Brazil |
| coordinates | |
| paleocoordinates | |
| unitof | Rio do Peixe Group |
| underlies | Rio Piranhas Formation |
| overlies | Antenor Navarro Formation |
| extent | Rio do Peixe Basin |
| map | {{Location map+ |
| relief | 1 |
| width | 250 |
| float | center |
| lat_deg | -6.8 |
| lon_deg | -38.2 |
| mark | Green pog.svg |
| marksize | 12 |
| :: |
| name = Sousa Formation | image = | caption = | type = Geological formation | period = Hauterivian | age = Berriasian-Hauterivian | prilithology = Siltstone | otherlithology = Sandstone | namedfor = | namedby = | region = Paraíba | country = Brazil | coordinates = | paleocoordinates = | unitof = Rio do Peixe Group | subunits = | underlies = Rio Piranhas Formation | overlies = Antenor Navarro Formation | thickness = | extent = Rio do Peixe Basin | area = | map = {{Location map+ | Brazil | relief = 1 | width = 250 | float = center | places = | lat_deg = -6.8 | lon_deg = -38.2 | mark = Green pog.svg | marksize = 12 | map_caption =
The Sousa Formation is a Berriasian-Hauterivian geologic formation in Paraíba, Brazil. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.
Ichnofossils
Among others, these ichnofossils have been reported from the formation:
- Carnosauria indet.
- Coelurosauria indet.
- Moraesichnium barbarenae
- Sousaichnium pricei
- Sousatitanosauripus robsoni.
- Staurichnium diogenis
References
Bibliography
References
- Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=56463 Passagem das Pedras] at [[Fossilworks]].org
- (2024). "A new ichnosite and ichnogenus from the Lower Cretaceous Rio do Peixe Basin, Brazil, with novel insights into the evolution of Titanosauriformes". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology.
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