Vale de Portinheiro (bed C11): Late/Upper Kimmeridgian, Portugal
collected by C. Ribeiro, A. de Lapparent & G. Zbyszewski 1863, 1940
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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| "fishes" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudinata
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Testudinata indet.
Oppel 1811
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| "turtles" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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Ribeiro and Mateus 2018 | |||||||||
| small theropod postcranial skeleton | ||||||||||
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Megalosaurus insignis
Eudes-Deslongchamps and Lennier 1870
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Theropoda | ||||||||||
| 5 teeth, 2 manual unguals | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Stegosauridae
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Omosaurus armatus
Marsh 1877
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Dacentrurus armatus | ||||||||||
| MSGP J, H (neural spine) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Zby atlanticus
Mateus et al. 2014
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Ribeiro and Mateus 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| anterior dorsal vertebra | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Mollusca indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| "diverse mollusks" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Portugal | State/province: | Centro | County: | Lisboa |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 9.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.5° North, 1.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Kimmeridgian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 152.20000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lourinhã | Member: | Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo |
| Local section: | Porinheiro-Carrasqueira | Local bed: | C11 |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | micaceous,gray,green claystone |
| Lithology description: "gray-greenish micaceous clay" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera | ||
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | C. Ribeiro, A. de Lapparent & G. Zbyszewski | Collection dates: | 1863, 1940s |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Porto Dinheiro, Carrasqueira | ||
| Database number: | 88192 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-04-03 07:04:17 | Last modified: | 2022-02-02 13:20:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-04-03 07:04:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13143. | ETE | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 77624 | F. Costa and O. Mateus. 2019. Dacentrurine stegosaurs (Dinosauria): a new specimen of Miragaia longicollum from the Late Jurassic of Portugal resolves taxonomical validity and shows the occurrence of the clade in North America. PLoS One 14(11):e0224263:1-124 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 79459 | C. Ribeiro and O. Mateus. 2018. Stratigraphic position of the Late Jurassic tetrapods from Porto Dinheiro (Lourinhã, Portugal). 1st Palaeontological Virtual Congress [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |