Praia do Sul, Assenta (Jurassic of Portugal)

Also known as Ribamar, Ribomar

Where: Centro, Portugal (39.1° N, 9.4° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 0.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Freixial Formation, Late/Upper Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• formation name also = Assenta Mb of Lourinha Fm.; uppermost lower to upper Tithonian age based on invertebrate biostratigraphy

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; fine-grained, medium, micaceous, intraclastic sandstone

• "a fluvial/upper delta plain environment"
• "a micaceous medium- to fine-grained sandstone, with cross-bedding, some mudclasts and abundant carbonized plant debris"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by G. Zbyszewski in 1940s, 1963–1964

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: A. F. d. Lapparent and G. Zbyszewski. 1957. Les dinosauriens du Portugal [The dinosaurs of Portugal]. Mémoires des Services Géologiques du Portugal, nouvelle série 2:1-63 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47364: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.02.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Dracopelta zbyszewskii n. gen. n. sp.1
Dracopelta zbyszewskii n. gen. n. sp.1 Galton 1980 ankylosaur
MIGM 5787
 Theropoda -
Megalosaurus pombali Lapparent et al. 1951 theropod
tooth
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet.2 Marsh 1878 sauropod
3 dorsal ribs