Where: Algarve, Portugal (37.1° N, 8.8° W: paleocoordinates 31.4° N, 0.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Jurassic (161.5 - 145.0 Ma)
• two levels; "Portlandian B"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collected by M. do Carmo Ramalho in 1995
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 206005: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Brontopodus sp. Farlow et al. 1989 sauropod |