Draconyx type, Vale de Frades (Jurassic of Portugal)

Also known as Vale Frades

Where: Estremadura, Portugal (39.3° N, 9.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 1.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Praia Azul Member (Lourinhã Formation), Early/Lower Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• formerly informal Bombarral Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, muddy siltstone

• "a dense grey muddy siltstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Anunciação in 1991

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: O. Mateus and M. T. Antunes. 2001. Draconyx loureiroi, a new camptosauridae (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) from the Late Jurassic of Lourinhã, Portugal. Annales de Paléontologie 87(1):61-73 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49262: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Draconyx loureiroi n. gen. n. sp.
Draconyx loureiroi n. gen. n. sp. Mateus and Antunes 2001 ornithopod
ML 434