Alto da Vela, Praia de Santa Cruz (Jurassic to of Portugal)

Where: Centro, Portugal (39.2° N, 9.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 23.8° N, 7.2° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Formation, Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (152.2 - 145.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in the 1940s

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 49250: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878 sauropod
MG 4802, middle caudal vertebra