Presidente Prudente Formation

The Presidente Prudente Formation is a geological formation of the Bauru Group in the Paraná Basin, located in Brazil whose strata date back to the Late Campanian to Early Maastrichtian.

Presidente Prudente Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Bauru Group
Overlies	Adamantina Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone and mudstone
Location
Coordinates	22.1°S 51.4°W / -22.1; -51.4
Approximate paleocoordinates	26.2°S 34.6°W / -26.2; -34.6
Region	São Paulo
Country	Brazil
Extent	Paraná Basin
Presidente Prudente Formation (Brazil)

History

Since at least 1953, parts of this formation, such as where the formation once outcropped along Raposo Tavares Road, have been lost to urban development.^[1]

Paleofauna

Crocodyliformes

Crocodyliformes reported from the Presidente Prudente Formation
Genus	Species	Material	Notes	Images
Pepesuchus[2]	P. deiseae	"a nearly complete skeleton and skull"	A member of Peirosauridae
Roxochampsa[3]	R. paulistanus		A member of Peirosauridae, previously known as "Goniopholis" paulistanus

Turtles

Turtles reported from the Presidente Prudente Formation
Genus	Species	Material	Notes	Images
Bauruemys[4]	B. elegans	Skulls	A podocnemidid side-necked turtle
Roxochelys[5]	R. wanderleyi		A podocnemidid side-necked turtle

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs reported from the Presidente Prudente Formation
Genus	Species	Material	Notes	Images
Abelisauridae indet.[6]	Indeterminate	Maxilla	Previously identified as carcharodontosaurid.
Austroposeidon[1]	A. magnificus	"cervical, dorsal, and sacral vertebrae, along with a cervical rib and one complete dorsal vertebra"	A titanosaurian sauropod
Brasilotitan[7]	B. nemophagus		A titanosaurian sauropod