Pedreira do Galinha tracksite: Early/Lower Bathonian, Portugal
collected by Carvalho 1994

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Dasicladaceae indet.
Azerêdo et al. 1995
Valvulinidae
Valvulinidae indet. Reuss 1860
Azerêdo et al. 1995
Trocholinidae
Trocholina sp. Paalzow 1922
Azerêdo et al. 1995
Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Azerêdo et al. 1995
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Azerêdo et al. 1995
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Azerêdo et al. 1995
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerineidae indet. Zittel 1873
Azerêdo et al. 1995
Reptilia
Sauropoda indet. (Marsh 1878)
Santos et al. 2009 3 individuals
trackways MNDPDSA-G2, G3, G4
Polyonyx sp. Santos et al. 2009
Santos et al. 2009 1 individual
trackway MNDPDSA-G1
Brontopodus sp. Farlow et al. 1989
15 specimens
trackway MNDPDSA-G5
    = cf. Brontopodus sp. Farlow et al. 1989
Romano et al. 2007
    = Polyonyx gomesi n. gen., n. sp. Santos et al. 2009
Santos et al. 2009
trackway
unclassified
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754
Azerêdo et al. 1995
see common names

Geography
Country:Portugal State/province:Santarem
Coordinates: 39.6° North, 8.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.6° North, 2.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:213 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bathonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
Key time interval:Early/Lower Bathonian
Age range of interval:167.70000 - 164.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Serra de Aire
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: near the Bajocian-Bathonian boundary; "The main track level of the Galinha tracksite is a single bedding surface of about 40,000 m2 forming the floor of an abandoned limestone quarry" (Santos et al. 2009); lower part of formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:micaceous lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology:pyritic,shelly/skeletal wackestone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "The limestone at this quarry is a well-bedded micrite rich sequence"; the footprint layer is a biomicrite wackestone, with internal "brechhification" and pyrite pigmentation
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: exposed sequence was "deposited in lacustrine, paralic and very shallow, restricted marine conditions"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Articulated whole bodies:some
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),mechanical,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Carvalho Collection dates:1994
Metadata
Also known as:Serra D'Aire, Fatima, MNDPDSA, Cantera de Galinha
Database number:57143
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:K. Maguire, M. Carrano, M. Oreska
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-12-05 16:04:16 Last modified:2021-09-02 13:31:47
Access level:the public Released:2005-12-05 16:04:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15460.ETE V. F. dos Santos, M. G. Lockley, C. A. Meyer, J. Carvalho, A. M. Galopim Carvalho and J. J. Moratalla. 1995. A new sauropod tracksite from the Middle Jurassic of Portugal. In M. G. Lockley, V. F. dos Santos, C. A. Meyer, & A. P. Hunt (eds.), Aspects of Sauropod Paleobiology. GAIA 10:5-13 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

69025 L. Alcalá, M. G. Lockley, A. Cobos, L. Mampel, and R. Royo-Torres. 2016. Evaluating the dinosaur track record: an integrative approach to understanding the regional and global distribution, scientific importance, preservation, and management of tracksites. In P. L. Falkingham, D. Marty, & A. Richter (eds.), Dinosaur Tracks: The Next Steps 100-116 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
65917 M. Avanzini, G. Leonardi, and P. Mietto. 2003. Lavinipes cheminii ichnogen., ichnosp. nov., a possible sauropodomorph track from the Lower Jurassic of the Italian Alps. Ichnos 10(2–4):179-193 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
17776ETE A. C. Azerêdo, M. M. Ramalho, V. F. Santos and A. M. G. Carvalho. 1995. Calcários com pegadas de dinossáurios da Serra d'Aire: microfácies e paleoambientes [Limestones with dinosaur tracks from Serra d'Aire: microfacies and paleoenvironment]. GAIA 11:1-6 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
69056 D. Castanera, V. F. Santos, L. Piñuela, C. Pascual, B. Vila, J. I. Canudo, and J. J. Moratalla. 2016. Iberian sauropod tracks through time: variations in sauropod manus and pes track morphologies. In P. L. Falkingham, D. Marty, & A. Richter (eds.), Dinosaur Tracks: The Next Steps 120-137 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
77926 D. Castanera, B. Vila, N. L. Razzolini, V. F. Santos, and J. I. Canudo. 2014. Sauropod trackways of the Iberian Peninsula: palaeoetological and palaeoenvironmental implications. Journal of Iberian Geology 40(1):49-59 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
36721ETE V. F. dos Santos. 1998. Dinosaur tracksites in Portugal: the Jurassic-Cretaceous record. In A. M. G. de Carvalho, A. M. Andrade, V. F. dos Santos, J. Cascalho, R. Taborda, (eds.), I Encontro Internacional sobre Paleobiologia dos Dinossáurios. Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisboa 7-16 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
76505 V. F. dos Santos and L. A. Rodrigues. 2005. Scientific and cultural significance of some Portuguese dinosaur tracksites. International Symposium on Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates Palaeoichnology. Abstract Book 62 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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55488 M. Romano, M. A. Whyte, and S. J. Jackson. 2007. Trackway ratio: A new look at trackway gauge in the analysis of quadrupedal dinosaur trackways and its implications for ichnotaxonomy. Ichnos 14(3–4):257-270 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
62321 S. W. Salisbury, A. Romilio, M. C. Herne, R. T. Tucker, and J. P. Nair. 2016. The Dinosaurian Ichnofauna of the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian–Barremian) Broome Sandstone of the Walmadany Area (James Price Point), Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 16. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(6, suppl.):1-152 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
70664 V. F. Santos. 2016. Dinosaur tracksites in the Middle Jurassic of Maciço Calcário Estremenho (west-central Portugal): a geoheritage to be enhanced. Comunicações Geológicas 103(Especial 1):55-58 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
35187ETE V. F. Santos, J. J. Moratalla, and R. Royo-Torres. 2009. New sauropod trackways from the Middle Jurassic of Portugal. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(3):409-422 [M. Carrano/M. Oreska/M. Carrano]
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