page_title: Itaboraian
hierarchical_section_title: Itaboraian
caption_attribution_description: Itaboraí Basin location (A); (B) Itaboraí Basin lithochronoestratigraphic column. 1, ankaramite layer; 2, karst channels and fissures; 3, infilling fissures (Sequence S2, Facies D); 4, main calcareous deposit (Sequence S1, Facies A, B and C); 5, alluvial deposits (Sequence S3, Facies E); 6, clastic sediments; 7, abundant vertebrate fossils; 8, rare vertebrate fossils; 9, plant remains; 10, terrestrial gastropod fossils; 11, archaeological artifacts; 12, Sahitysuchus fluminensis gen. et sp. nov. (MCT 1730-R). Stratigraphic column modified after [12], [21].
context_page_description: The Itaboraian age is a period within the Early Eocene geologic time epoch of the Paleogene, used more specifically with South American land mammal ages. It follows the Riochican and precedes the Casamayoran age.
context_section_description: The Itaboraian (Spanish: Itaboraiense) age is a period within the Early Eocene geologic time (53.0–50.0 Ma) epoch of the Paleogene, used more specifically with South American land mammal ages (SALMA). It follows the Riochican and precedes the Casamayoran age.
caption: Stratigraphy and location of the Itaboraí Basin.
  Crocodile skull indicates Sahitisuchus find.
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