Also known as Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis type

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

• = "Formação de Lourinha"; close to boundary with Sobral Fm.

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•Mateus et al. 2017: includes ostracods pointing to a late Kimmeridgian to early Tithonian age in its middle part (Werner, 1986) and the dinocyst Cribroperidinium granuligerum (Klement) “complex” indicating a mid Kimmeridgian to late Tithonian age for the lower part (Taylor et al., 2013).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; sandstone and mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Anunciação in 1987

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: F.-J. Ortega Coloma. 1992. Excavación, restauración y gestión de macrovertebrados fósiles [Excavation, restoration and management of macrovertebrate fossils]. In E. Jiménez-Fuentes (ed.), Vertebrados Fósiles de Castilla y León 13-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49304: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 12.04.2005, edited by Jonathan Tennant

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