northern Praia da Corva: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian, Portugal
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Megalosauridae
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cf. Torvosaurus sp.
Galton and Jensen 1979
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| ALT-SHN.116, maxilla fragment | ||||||||||
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= Torvosaurus gurneyi
Hendrickx and Mateus 2014
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Hendrickx and Mateus 2014 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Turiasauria indet.
Royo-Torres et al. 2006
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Ortega et al. 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| tooth | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Portugal | State/province: | Lisboa | County: | Torres Vedras |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 9.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.5° North, 1.0° 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 | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: described as Alcobaça Formation, Lourinhã Group, upper part of Amoreira-Porto Novo Member | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "sandstones" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Fragmentation: | extreme |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Torres Vedras | ||
| Database number: | 154726 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-03-06 17:11:43 | Last modified: | 2023-11-17 15:29:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-03-06 17:11:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50326. | E. Malafaia, F. Ortega, B. Silva and F. Escaso. 2008. Fragmento de un maxilar de terópodo de Praia da Corva (Jurásico Superior. Torres Vedras, Portugal). Palaeontologica Nova 8:273-279 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 50323 | C. Hendrickx and O. Mateus. 2014. Torvosaurus gurneyi n. sp., the largest terrestrial predator from Europe, and a proposed terminology of the maxilla anatomy in nonavian theropods. PLoS ONE 9(3):e88905:1-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 86510 | F. Ortega, E. Malafaia, F. Escaso, A. Pérez García, and P. Dantas. 2009. Faunas de répteis do Jurássico Superior de Portugal: sobre las faunas de reptiles del Jurásico Superior de Portugal [Reptile faunas from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal: on the reptile faunas from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal]. Paleolusitana 1:43-56 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 76801 | F. Ortega, R. Royo Torres, F. Gascó, F. Escaso, and J. L. Sanz. 2010. New evidences of the sauropod Turiasaurus from the Portuguese Upper Jurassic. 8th Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists. Abstract Volume 62 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |