Calcários Micríticos da Serra de Aire
Calcários Micríticos da Serra de Aire Stratigraphic range: Bathonian ~ | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Micritic limestone |
Other | Pyrite |
Location | |
Coordinates | 39°36′N 8°36′W / 39.6°N 8.6°WCoordinates: 39°36′N 8°36′W / 39.6°N 8.6°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 32°36′N 2°54′E / 32.6°N 2.9°E |
Region | Santarém |
Country | ![]() |
Extent | Lusitanian Basin |
Type section | |
Named for | |
![]() ![]() Calcários Micríticos da Serra de Aire (Portugal) |
The Calcários Micríticos da Serra de Aire is a Bathonian geologic formation in Portugal. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]
Fossil content[]
See also[]
- Pegadas de Dinossáurios da Serra de Aire Natural Monument
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks
- Sauropod tracks
- List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks
References[]
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
Bibliography[]
- V. F. Santos, J. J. Moratalla, and R. Royo-Torres. 2009. New sauropod trackways from the Middle Jurassic of Portugal. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(3):409-422
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
- V. F. dos Santos, M. G. Lockley, C. A. Meyer, J. Carvalho, A. M. Galopim Carvalho and J. J. Moratalla. 1995. A new sauropod tracksite from the Middle Jurassic of Portugal. In M. G. Lockley, V. F. dos Santos, C. A. Meyer, & A. P. Hunt (eds.), Aspects of Sauropod Paleobiology. GAIA 10:5-13
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Portugal
- Jurassic System of Europe
- Jurassic Portugal
- Bathonian Stage
- Limestone formations
- Ichnofossiliferous formations
- Paleontology in Portugal