Geological formation in Brazil
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
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
The following fossils have been uncovered from the formation:[3] [4]
Flora
Bivalves
Gastropods
Synapsids
Parareptiles
Amphibians
Fish
See also
References
^ "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 : 135–145. doi :10.1590/0001-37652014107612 . ISSN 0001-3765 . PMID 24676160 .
Bibliography
Boos, Alessandar D.S.; Christian F. Kammerer; Cesar L. Schultz; Marina B. Soares, and Ana L.R. Ilha. 2016. A New Dicynodont (Therapsida: Anomodontia) from the Permian of Southern Brazil and Its Implications for Bidentalian Origins. PLOS ONE 11(5). 1–21. . doi :10.1371/journal.pone.0155000 PMID 27224287 PMC 4880204
Langer, Max Cardoso; Estevan Eltink; Jonathas de Souza Bittencour, and R. Rohn. 2008. Uma janela paleobiológica para o Permiano continental Sul-americano , 1–17. Serra do Cadeado, PR. Accessed 2017-08-19.