The Paleorrota Geopark Project was established in Preparatory Procedure No. 1.29.008.000640/2017-22 done at the
Public Prosecutor's Office (Brazil)
The Public Prosecutor's Office ( pt, Ministério Público, lit. "Public Ministry", also usually referred as "MP") is the Brazilian body of independent public prosecutors at both the federal (') and state level (''Ministério Público Estadual' ...
of
Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
Santa Maria is a municipality (''município'') in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil. In 2020, its population was 283,677 inhabitants in a total area of . Santa Maria is the 5th biggest municipality in the ...
. The geopark is composed of the
Permian
The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.9 Mya. It is the last ...
and
Triassic
The Triassic ( ) is a geologic period and system (stratigraphy), system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago (Year#Abbreviations yr and ya, Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.36 ...
areas in the central region of
Rio Grande do Sul. It emerged in 2007 in the worldwide computer network to aggregate more than 48 municipalities in
Rio Grande do Sul. The project aims to meet the standards of UNESCO Geoparks in which Brazil is a signatory.
External links
*http://paleorrota.wixsite.com/paleorrota ''Grupo Paleorrota.''
Geoparks in Brazil
Rio Grande do Sul
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