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Caiuá Group

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Caiuá Group
Stratigraphic range: Disputed
TypeGroup
Unit ofBauru Supersequence
Sub-unitsGoio-Erê Formation, Rio Paraná Formation, and ?Santo Anastácio Formation.
UnderliesBauru Group
OverliesSerra Geral Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherConglomerate, siltstone
Location
RegionSão Paulo, Paraná
Country Brazil
ExtentParaná Basin
Type section
Named forCaiuá

The Caiuá Group is a geological group of the Bauru Supersequence, Paraná Basin in the states of Paraná and São Paulo in Brazil, whose strata date back to the Cretaceous. Dinosaur, pterosaur and squamate remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

  1. ^ Batezelli, A. (2017). "Continental systems tracts of the Brazilian Cretaceous Bauru Basin and their relationship with the tectonic and climatic evolution of South America". Basin Research. 29: 1–25.