Pedra da Ulsa tracksite: Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian, Portugal

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Sauropoda indet. (Marsh 1878)
1 specimen
SHN.(JJS).ICNO.35
Reptilia - Dryosauridae
Dinehichnus sp. Lockley et al. 1998
Castanera et al. 2020 1 specimen
SHN.(JJS).ICNO.68
Reptilia
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
1 specimen
SHN.(JJS).ICNO.41
Reptilia - Eubrontidae
Megalosauripus cf. transjuranicus Razzolini et al. 2017
1 specimen
SHN.(JJS).ICNO.98
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal State/province:Centro County:Lisboa
Coordinates: 39.1° North, 9.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.4° North, 0.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:82 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Tithonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 6
Key time interval:Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian Foram zone: Everticyclammina virguliana
Age range of interval:149.20000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Freixial
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: calcareous matrix inside turtle shell
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Cambelas
Database number:219832
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2021-04-22 15:17:06 Last modified:2022-06-07 14:38:22
Access level:the public Released:2021-04-22 15:17:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

76596. D. Castanera, E. Malafaia, B. C. Silva, V. F. Santos, and M. Belvedere. 2020. New dinosaur, crocodylomorph and swim tracks from the Late Jurassic of the Lusitanian Basin: implications for ichnodiversity. Lethaia 54:271-287 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

81827 D. Castanera, B. Silva, V. Santos, E. Malafaia, and M. Belvedere. 2020. Tracking Late Jurassic ornithopods in the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal): ichnotaxonomic implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65(2):399-412 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]