Candelária | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
 Location inRio Grande do Sul,Brazil | |
  Candelária Location in Brazil | |
| Coordinates:29°40′08″S52°47′20″W / 29.66889°S 52.78889°W /-29.66889; -52.78889 | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Region | South |
| State | Rio Grande do Sul |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Paulo Butzge (PMDB) |
| Area | |
• Total | 943.731 km2 (364.377 sq mi) |
| [1] | |
| Elevation | 57 m (187 ft) |
| Population (2020[2]) | |
• Total | 31,421 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (BRT) |
Candelária is a municipality in the state ofRio Grande do Sul,Brazil.
8 km west of Candelária there is an outcrop ofCaturrita Formation where variousTriassic fossils have been collected, especially smallcynodonts likeRiograndia. The discovery ofRiograndia in 2001 made it possible to better study the complex of anatomical changes involved in the transition from cynodonts to mammals.[3]
TheMuseum Aristides Carlos Rodrigues, in this city, has fossils.
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