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Fort Mont Serrat, Bahia, Brazil

Lat/Long (Decimal)	-12.9286,-38.5144
Co-ordinates Derivation	estimated from map
Given Location	Bahia, Brazil
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Bahia, Brazil

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Fort Mont Serrat	Allport S.	Ilhas	Lower Cretaceous Recôncavo Basin, Bahia Supergroup, Ilhas Group (Late Hauterivian–Early Barremian)	conglomerate	136.4 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Candona candida species	Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Candonidae : Candona : *Candona candida*	136.4 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cypris sp. genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Cyprididae : *Cypris*	136.4 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Lepidotes sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : *Lepidotes*	136.4 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Crocodylia order	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia	136.4 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Crocodylomorpha unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Crocodylomorpha	136.4 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Sarcosuchus hartti species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Sarcosuchus : *Sarcosuchus hartti*	136.4 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Unio sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Unionidae : *Unio*	136.4 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Paludina sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Hydrobiidae : *Paludina*	136.4 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Neritina sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neritidae : *Neritina*	136.4 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Thiara sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Thiaridae : *Thiara*	136.4 - 125.45 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Allport S. On the discovery of some fossil remains near Bahia in South America, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 16, 263-268

Marsh O. C. Notice of some new reptilian remains from the Cretaceous of Brazil, American Journal of Sciences and Arts 47, 442-444

Kellner A. W. A., Campos D. d. A. (2000) Brief review of dinosaur studies and perspectives in Brazil, Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 72 4, 509-538

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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