Atouguia de Baleia (Jurassic of Portugal)

Where: Centro, Portugal (39.3° N, 9.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Santa Rita-Assenta Member (Lourinhã Formation), Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• = Bombarral Formation.

•Also assigned to Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Fm. (Mocho et al. 2016)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by G. Zbyszewski in 1959

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: F. Costa and O. Mateus. 2019. Dacentrurine stegosaurs (Dinosauria): a new specimen of Miragaia longicollum from the Late Jurassic of Portugal resolves taxonomical validity and shows the occurrence of the clade in North America. PLoS One 14(11):e0224263:1-124 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 221549: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.08.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Osteichthyes -
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 bony fish
5 scales, 1 tooth
Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Eusauropoda indet. Upchurch 1995 sauropod
MG 30486, prox. end R fibula
 Ornithischia - Stegosauridae
Miragaia longicollum Mateus et al. 2009 ornithischian
MG 4863, partial skeleton
 Loricata -
Crocodylomorpha indet. Hay 1930 crocodilian
tooth
 Squamata -
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811 squamates
parietal