Lourinhã Formation
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Lourinhã Formation
The Lourinhã Formation is a geological formation in West Portugal, named for the municipality of Lourinhã, from which a wide array of fossils comes. The formation is Late Jurassic in age (Kimmeridgian/Tithonian) and is notable for containing a fauna similar to that of the Morrison Formation in the United States and the Tendaguru beds in Tanzania.
The subdivisions are the Amoreira-Porto Novo Members and the Sobral Unit.[1]
Fauna of the Lourinhã Formation
- Allosaurus europaeus
- Ceratosaurus dentisulcatus
- Dacentrurus armatus
- Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis
- Draconyx loureiroi
- Dracopelta zbyszewskii
- Lourinhanosaurus antunesi
- Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis
- Lusotitan atalaiensis
- Miragaia longicollum
- Stegosaurus ungulatus[2]
- Torvosaurus tanneri
Flora of the Lourinhã Formation
- Pterophyllum mondeguensis
- Pterophyllum sp.
- Sphenolepis choffati
See also
- Alcobaça Formation
- Guimarota
- List of fossil sites
- Museu da Lourinhã
Footnotes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ http://www.livescience.com/1254-europe-stegosaurus-discovered.html
Other references
- Antunes, M.T. and Mateus, O. (2003). Dinosaurs of Portugal. C. R. Palevol, 2:77-95
- Mateus, O. (2006). "Late Jurassic dinosaurs from the Morrison Formation, the Lourinhã and Alcobaça Formations (Portugal), and the Tendaguru Beds (Tanzania): a comparison," in Foster, J.R. and Lucas, S. G. R.M., eds., 2006, "Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation." New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 36
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