Rio do Rasto Formation
Appearance
Rio do Rasto Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Permian | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Paraná & Pelotas Basins |
Sub-units | Morro Pelado Mb., Serrinha Mb. |
Underlies | Pirambóia Formation (Paraná Basin) Botucatu Formation (Pelotas Basin) |
Overlies | Teresina Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale, sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 28°24′26″S 49°32′46″W / 28.40722°S 49.54611°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 41°18′S 22°24′W / 41.3°S 22.4°W |
Region | Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul |
Country | Brazil |
Extent | Paraná Basin |
Extent of Paleozoic (including the Rio do Rasto Formation) and Mesozoic units in the Paraná Basin in light blue |
The Rio do Rasto Formation is a Late Permian sedimentary geological formation in the South Region of Brazil. The official name is Rio do Rasto, although in some publications it appears as Rio do Rastro.
Geography
[edit]It is found mainly in the Brazilian states of Santa Catarina, Paraná, and Rio Grande do Sul. It was formed during the Late Permian epoch of the Permian period.[1][2]
Fossil content
[edit]The following fossils have been uncovered from the formation:[3][4]
- Flora
- Bivalves
- Gastropods
- Synapsids
- Parareptiles
- Amphibians
- Fish
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Associação dos Municípios do Extremo Sul Catarinense". AMESC. Archived from the original on 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ^ "SigRH". Sigrh.sp.gov.br. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ^ Langer et al., 2008, p.1
- ^ Boos, A. D. S.; Kammerer, C. F.; Schultz, C. L.; Paes Neto, V. D. (2015-11-01). "A tapinocephalid dinocephalian (Synapsida, Therapsida) from the Rio do Rasto Formation (Paraná Basin, Brazil): Taxonomic, ontogenetic and biostratigraphic considerations". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 63: 375–384. Bibcode:2015JSAES..63..375B. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2015.09.003. ISSN 0895-9811.
- ^ Boos et al., 2016, p.4
- ^ Paranaichthys longianalis at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Vega-Dias, Cristina; Vieira Dias, Eliseu; Richter, Martha (2000). "ACTINOPTERYGIAN REMAINS FROM THE RIO DO RASTO FORMATION, UPPER PERMIAN OF THE PARANÁ BASIN, BRAZIL". Acta Geologica Leopoldensia. XXIII (51): 21–31.
- ^ Pauliv, Victor E.; Dias, Eliseu V.; Sedor, Fernando A.; Ribeiro, Ana Maria (2014). "A new Xenacanthiformes shark (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Late Paleozoic Rio do Rasto Formation (Paraná Basin), Southern Brazil". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 86 (1): 135–145. doi:10.1590/0001-37652014107612. ISSN 0001-3765. PMID 24676160.
- ^ Victor Eduardo Pauliv; Eliseu Vieira Dias & Fernando Antonio Sedor (2012). "A new species of sphenacanthid (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Rio do Rasto Formation (Paraná Basin), southern Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia. 15 (3): 243–250. doi:10.4072/rbp.2012.3.01.
- ^ Victor E. Pauliv; Agustín G. Martinelli; Heitor Francischini; Paula Dentzien-Dias; Marina B. Soares; Cesar L. Schultz; Ana M. Ribeiro (2017). "The first Western Gondwanan species of Triodus Jordan 1849: A new Xenacanthiformes (Chondrichthyes) from the late Paleozoic of Southern Brazil". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 80: 482–493. Bibcode:2017JSAES..80..482P. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2017.09.007.
Bibliography
[edit]- Boos, Alessandar D.S.; Kammerer, Christian F.; Schultz, Cesar L.; Soares, Marina B.; Ilha, Ana L.R. (2016), "A New Dicynodont (Therapsida: Anomodontia) from the Permian of Southern Brazil and Its Implications for Bidentalian Origins", PLOS ONE, 11 (5): 1–21, Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1155000B, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0155000, PMC 4880204, PMID 27224287
- Langer, Max Cardoso; Eltink, Estevan; Bittencour, Jonathas de Souza; Rohn, R. (2008), Uma janela paleobiológica para o Permiano continental Sul-americano (PDF), Serra do Cadeado, PR, pp. 1–17, retrieved 2017-08-19
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Brazil
- Permian System of South America
- Permian Brazil
- Changhsingian
- Shale formations
- Sandstone formations
- Fluvial deposits
- Paraná Basin
- Permian southern paleotemperate deposits
- Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of South America
- Paleontology in Brazil
- Geography of Paraná (state)
- Geography of Rio Grande do Sul
- Geography of Santa Catarina (state)
- Environment of Paraná (state)
- Environment of Rio Grande do Sul
- Environment of Santa Catarina (state)