Carrasqueira vertebrates (C10) (Jurassic of Portugal)

Where: Leiria, Portugal (39.2° N, 9.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 1.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; micaceous, gray, green sandstone

• "dark greenish-gray, slightly micaceous sandstone with marly cement"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Ribeiro in 1863

Primary reference: A. F. d. Lapparent and G. Zbyszewski. 1957. Les dinosauriens du Portugal [The dinosaurs of Portugal]. Mémoires des Services Géologiques du Portugal, nouvelle série 2:1-63 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49227: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Gervilleia tittoni" = Gervillia
"Gervilleia tittoni" = Gervillia oyster
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
"Cyprina securiformis" = Arctica
"Cyprina securiformis" = Arctica clam