Vale de Portinheiro (bed C11) (Jurassic of Portugal)

Also known as Porto Dinheiro, Carrasqueira

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

• Paleocoordinates: 24.2° N, 8.1° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Member (Lourinhã Formation), Late/Upper Kimmeridgian (152.2 - 149.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• "gray-greenish micaceous clay"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by C. Ribeiro, A. de Lapparent & G. Zbyszewski in the 1863, 1940s

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

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 88192: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 03.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Mollusca indet.
Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758
"diverse mollusks"
Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes indet.
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
"fishes"
Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet.
Testudinata indet. turtle
"turtles"
 Saurischia -
Zby atlanticus
Zby atlanticus Mateus et al. 2014 sauropod
anterior dorsal vertebra
 Ornithischia - Stegosauridae
"Omosaurus armatus" = Dacentrurus armatus
"Omosaurus armatus" = Dacentrurus armatus Marsh 1877 ornithischian
MSGP J, H (neural spine)
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet., Megalosaurus insignis
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
small theropod postcranial skeleton
Megalosaurus insignis Eudes-Deslongchamps and Lennier 1870 theropod
5 teeth, 2 manual unguals