Boca do Chapim, Cape Espichel: Early Barremian, Portugal
collected by S. Figueiredo 2007–2008, 2013
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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| 1 individual | ||||||||||
| several vertebrae & chevrons, a rib, pelvic bones, & a phalanx | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Portugal | State/province: | Lisboa | County: | Setúbal |
| Coordinates: | 38.4° North, 9.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.8° North, 15.0° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Altitude: | 60 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Barremian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Early Barremian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 125.77 - 121.4 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Papo Seco |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | lagoonal |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | transgressive |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Feeding/predation traces: | tooth marks |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | S. Figueiredo | Collection dates: | 2007–2008, 2013 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Saint-Espichel, Cap d'Espichel | ||
| Database number: | 218990 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-03-08 12:55:48 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-03-08 12:55:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 75850. | S. D. Figueiredo, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, P. P. Cunha, F. Sousa, and P. Rosina. 2020. A brief approach about the ornithopod dinosaurs from the Papo-Seco Formation (Cabo Espichel, western central Portugal). Boletim do Centro Português de Geo-História e Pré-História 2(1):59-63 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |