Casal do Bicho (Jurassic of Portugal)

Where: Estremadura, Portugal (39.4° N, 9.1° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 1.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Member (Lourinhã Formation), Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• also assigned to the "Grès Superiores"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1998

Primary reference: O. Mateus and M. T. Antunes. 2000. Torvosaurus sp. (Dinosauria: Theropoda) in the Late Jurassic of 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:115-117 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 49265: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Megalosauridae
Torvosaurus ? gurneyi Hendrickx and Mateus 2014 tetanuran theropod
ML 430