| | SIGEP - Geotope 032:THE FOSSILÍFEROUS PLACE OF PIRAPOZINHO (SÃO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04) |
 | | The outcrops in surface are much more restricted than the ones depicted in the geological map of the State of São Paulo because they are covered by Cenozoic sediments, so that the outcrops in the field are just visible in the hillsides, slopes, talwegs and river banks. |
 | | They are lithologically represented by sandstone, siltstones, claystones and conglomerates of fluvio-lacustrian origin and, as suggested by the examination of the sedimentary structures and the nature of the fossils, have been deposited under a hot and humid climate. |
 | | ADAMANTINA FORMATION This formation has a larger distribution in the area and is clearly distinguished from the two previous ones because of the changes of lithofaces either horizontally as vertically. |
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