Bauru Group
The Bauru Group is a geological group of the Bauru Sub-basin, Paraná Basin in Minas Gerais, São Paulo, General Salgado, Itapecuru-Mirim, Mato Grosso, Brazil whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Subdivisions
The Bauru Group was divided by Fernandes and Coimbra in four formations, namely Adamantina, Uberaba, Araçatuba and Marília. In 1998, Fernandes revised 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
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
- Monocondylaea cominatoi Mezzalira, 1974
- Sancticarolis tolentinoi Mezzalira, 1974
- Taxodontites paulistanensis
