Peralta (crocodyliform locality) (Jurassic to of Portugal)

Also known as Praia da Peralta

Where: Lisbon, Portugal (39.2° N, 9.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 1.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Praia Azul Member (Lourinhã Formation), Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 145.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; mudstone

• near-shore continental sedimentary floodplain muds with occasional river channels

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. T. Young, S. Hua, L. Steel, D. Foffa, S. L. Brusatte, S. Thuring, O. Mateus, J. I. Ruiz-Omenaca, P. Havlik, Y. Lepage, and M. B. Andrade. 2014. Revision of the Late Jurassic teleosaurid genus Machimosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia). Royal Society Open Science 1:140222 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 163144: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 15.10.2014, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Loricata -
Machimosaurus sp.
Machimosaurus sp. marine crocodile
Teeth
 Loricata - Goniopholididae
Goniopholididae indet., Goniopholis sp.
Goniopholididae indet. Cope 1875 crocodilian
ML2555
Goniopholis sp. Owen 1842 crocodilian
Teeth