Pedrógão: Middle Oxfordian, Portugal
collected 1960-1970

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Limnocytheridae
Theriosynoecum wyomingense
"var. pedrogaoense"
Bisulcocypris sp.
"spp."
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheridae
Lophocythere composita
Lophocythere cf. flexicosta
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Monoceratina trepti
Monoceratina aff. ungulina
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Schuleridea sp. Swartz and Swain 1946
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Progonocytheridae
? Klieana sp.
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Darwinulidae
Darwinula sp. Brady and Robertson 1885
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
"3 genera (very common)"
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia sp. Bruguière 1789
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
? Unio sp. Philipsson 1788
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
Reptilia - Crocodilia
Crocodilia indet. Owen 1842
spelled with current rank as Crocodylia
Reptilia - Goniopholididae
Goniopholis sp. Owen 1842
Reptilia
Alocodon kuehnei n. gen., n. sp. Thulborn 1975
158 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Ornithischia
MG (IPFUB P X 1)
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Reptilia - Rhamphorhynchidae
Rhamphorhynchus sp. Meyer 1847
Reptilia - Kuehneosauridae
Kuehneosauridae indet. Romer 1966
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Urodela indet. (Duméril 1805)
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Caturidae
Caturus sp. Agassiz 1834
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Proscinetes sp. Gistel 1848
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodontidae indet. (Agassiz 1834)
"a small hybodontid"
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Asteracanthus sp. Agassiz 1836
Charales - Porocharaceae
Porochara sp. Maedler 1955
unclassified
Praechara sp. Horn af Rantzien 1954
Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
Frondicularia sp. Defrance 1824
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal State/province:Leiria
Coordinates: 39.9° North, 9.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.9° North, 2.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Middle Oxfordian
Age range of interval:161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cabaços
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:tabular,brown marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "soft grey and brownish-grey marls"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:1960-1970
Metadata
Also known as:Leiria
Database number:69698
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-03-01 14:44:59 Last modified:2023-11-17 15:40:37
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-01 14:44:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23379.ETE R. A. Thulborn. 1975. Teeth of ornithischian dinosaurs from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal, with description of a hypsilophodontid (Phyllodon henkeli gen. et sp. nov.) from the Guimarota lignite. Contribuição para o conhecimento da Fauna do Kimerridgiano da Mina de Lignito Guimarota (Leiria, Portugal). Serviços Geológicos de Portugal, Memória (Nova Série) 22:89-134 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

75851 C. N. d. Carvalho. 2020. Notícia sobre a descoberta de pegadas de dinossáurios no Jurássico da Praia de Pedrógão [Note on a discovery of dinosaur footprints in the Jurassic of Praia de Pedrógão]. Boletim do Centro Português de Geo-História e Pré-História 2(1):11-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
50329 O. Mateus and J. Milàn. 2010. A diverse Upper Jurassic dinosaur ichnofauna from central-west Portugal. Lethaia 43:245-257 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
86510 F. Ortega, E. Malafaia, F. Escaso, A. Pérez García, and P. Dantas. 2009. Faunas de répteis do Jurássico Superior de Portugal: sobre las faunas de reptiles del Jurásico Superior de Portugal [Reptile faunas from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal: on the reptile faunas from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal]. Paleolusitana 1:43-56 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
61518 D. B. Weishampel and J. B. Weishampel. 1983. Annotated localities of ornithopod dinosaurs: implications to Mesozoic paleobiogeography. The Mosasaur 1:43-87 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]