Bauru Group

Bauru Group Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous (Coniacian- Maastrichtian)
Type	Geological formation
Location
Region	South America
Country	Brazil
Type section
Named for	Bauru (city)

The Bauru Group is a geological formation in Brazil whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. The Bauru Group was divided by Fernandes and Coimbra (1996) in four formations, namely Adamantina, Uberaba Araçatuba and Marília. In 1998, Fernandes revise the group and recognize six formations, Uberaba, Vale do Rio do Peixe, Araçatuba, São José do Rio Preto, Presidente Prudente and Marília. The Adamantina Formation was divided in Vale do Rio do Peixe, São José do Rio Preto and Presidente Prudente formations.

Vertebrate paleofauna

See Adamantina Formation, Uberaba Formation and Marília Formation.

Molluscan paleofauna

Gastropoda

• †Physa aridi Mezzalira, 1974
• †Physa mezzalirai Ghilardi, Carbonaro & Simone, 2011
• †Viviparus souzai Mezzalira, 1974

Bivalvia

• †Anodontites freitasi Mezzalira, 1974
• †Anodontites pricei Mezzalira, 1974
• †Diplodon arrudai Mezzalira, 1974
• †Florenceia peiropolensis Mezzalira, 1974
• †Itaimbea priscus (Ihering, 1913)
• †Monocondylaea cominatoi Mezzalira, 1974
• †Sancticarolis tolentinoi Mezzalira, 1974
• †Taxodontites paulistanensis (Mezzalira, 1974)

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations