Camadas de Alcobaça

Bajo Barreal Formation
Stratigraphic range: Upper Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Location
Country  Portugal

The Camadas de Alcobaça is a geological formation in Portugal. It dates back to the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic.[1]

Contents

Vertebrate fauna

Dinosaur eggs are geographically located in Distrito do Lisboa, Portugal.[2] Dinosaur tracks are geographically located in Distrito do Leiria, Portugal.[3]

Ornithischians

Indeterminate euornithopod remains located in Distrito do Lisboa.[2] Indeterminate stegosaurid remains present in Lisboa District.[2]

Ornithischians of the Camadas de Alcobaça
Genus Species District Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Dacentrurus[2]

D. armatus[2]

Lisboa[2]

Hypsilophodon[2]

Indeterminate[2]

Lisboa[2]

Iguanodon[3]

I. prestwichi[3]

Leiria[3]

Later found to be possible indeterminate stegosaurid remains.[3]

Trimucrodon[2]

T. cuneatus[2]

Lisboa[2]

Later determined to be indeterminate ornithischian remains.[2]

Saurischians

Indeterminate sauropod remains located in Leiria and Lisboa.[4]

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative data are in small text; crossed out data are discredited.
Saurischians reported from the Camadas de Alcobaça
Genus Species District Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Allosaurus[3]

Indeterminate[3]

Leiria[3]

Brachiosaurus[2]

B. atalaiensis[2]

Lisboa[2]

Ceratosaurus[2]

Indeterminate[2]

Lisboa[2]

Dinheirosaurus[2]

D. lourinhanensis[2]

Lisboa[2]

"[Two] cervicals, [nine] dorsals, ribs, limb elements."[5]

Lourinhasaurus[2]

L. alenquerensis[2]

Lisboa[2]

Megalosaurus[2]

M. insignis[2]

Lisboa[2]

Later determined to be indeterminate theropod remains.[2]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Jurassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 545–549. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "16.4 Distrito do Lisboa, Portugal; 1. Camadas de Alcobaça," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 548.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "16.1 Distrito do Leiria, Portugal; 3. Camadas de Alcobaça," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 548.
  4. ^ "16.1 Distrito do Leiria, Portugal; 3. Camadas de Alcobaça," and "16.4 Distrito do Lisboa, Portugal; 1. Camadas de Alcobaça," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 548-549.
  5. ^ "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 265.

References