Praia da Salema trackway: Early Barremian, Portugal
collected by C. Coke, C. Coutinho 1995–1996
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Iguanodontidae
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| Santos et al. 2000 | 1 individual | |||||||||
| SAL1-T1 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| tracks at other levels from SAL1 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Portugal | State/province: | Algarve | County: | Faro |
| Coordinates: | 37.1° North, 8.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.5° North, 14.4° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Barremian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Early Barremian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 125.77 - 121.4 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Salema | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: two levels | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | dolomite |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | peritidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | C. Coke, C. Coutinho | Collection dates: | 1995–1996 |
| Collection method comments: discovered by Carlos Coke (UTAD) | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Salema beach, Vila do Bispo | ||
| Database number: | 49279 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-04-12 11:13:12 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-12 11:13:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36721. | ETE | V. F. dos Santos. 1998. Dinosaur tracksites in Portugal: the Jurassic-Cretaceous record. In A. M. G. de Carvalho, A. M. Andrade, V. F. dos Santos, J. Cascalho, R. Taborda, (eds.), I Encontro Internacional sobre Paleobiologia dos Dinossáurios. Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisboa 7-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 13162 | ETE | M. T. Antunes and O. Mateus. 2003. Dinosaurs of Portugal. Comptes Rendus Palevol 2:77-95 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 76505 | V. F. dos Santos and L. A. Rodrigues. 2005. Scientific and cultural significance of some Portuguese dinosaur tracksites. International Symposium on Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates Palaeoichnology. Abstract Book 62 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 79841 | S. Figueiredo, P. Dinis, P. Rosina and I. Bachtsevanidou Strantzali. 2017. A new record of a possible ornithopod footprint from the Lower Cretaceous of Cabo Espichel (Sesimbra, Portugal). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 56(2):217-231 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 86555 | S. D. Figueiredo, I. S. Carvalho, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, P. P. Cunha, V. Antunes and I. Díaz-Martínez. 2022. New ornithopod footprints from the Areia do Mastro Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Espichel Cape (Portugal, Western Iberia) and their context in the Iberian ichnological ornithopod record. Cretaceous Research 131:105069 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 81822 | S. D. Figueiredo, P. P. Cunha, X. Pereda Suberbiola, C. N. Carvalho, I. S. Carvalho, E. Buffetaut, H. Tong, M. Fernanda Sousa, V. Antunes and R. Anastácio. 2022. The dinosaur tracksite from the lower Barremian of Areia do Mastro Formation (Cabo Espichel, Portugal): implications for dinosaur behavior. Cretaceous Research 137:105219 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 70662 | V. F. Santos. 2016. Dinosaur tracks in the southwest Algarve Basin. Comunicações Geológicas 103(Especial 1):117-120 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 79840 | V. F. Santos, P. M. Callapez, and N. P. C. Rodrigues. 2013. Dinosaur footprints from the Lower Cretaceous of the Algarve Basin (Portugal): new data on the ornithopod palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography of the Iberian Peninsula. Cretaceous Research 40:158-169 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 86731 | V. F. Santos, P. Dantas, J. Moratalla, P. Terrinha, C. Coke, M. Agostinho, and A. M. Galopim Carvalho. 2000. Primeiros vestígios de dinossáurios na orla Mesozóica Algarvia, Portugal [First traces of dinosaurs on the Mesozoic coast of Algarve, Portugal]. In J. B. Diez & A. C. Balbino (ed.), Paleontologia em Portugal: História e Colaborações Espanha-Portugal. I Congresso Ibérico de Paleontología e XVI Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología Abstracts:20-21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 86732 | V. F. Santos, P. Dantas, J. MOratalla, P. Terrinha, C. Coke, M. Agostinho, and A. M. Galopim Carvalho. 2000. Rastos de iguanodontídeos no Cretácico da Bacia Algarvia, Portugal [Iguanodontid tracks from the Cretaceous of the Algarve Basin, Portugal]. In J. B. Diez & A. C. Balbino (ed.), Paleontologia em Portugal: História e Colaborações Espanha-Portugal. I Congresso Ibérico de Paleontología e XVI Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología Abstracts:22-23 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |