Montejunto Formation
Montejunto Formation Stratigraphic range: Oxfordian | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Alcobaça Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Other | Mudstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 39°30′N 9°12′W / 39.5°N 9.2°WCoordinates: 39°30′N 9°12′W / 39.5°N 9.2°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 33°42′N 1°36′E / 33.7°N 1.6°E |
Country | Portugal |
Extent | Lusitanian Basin |
Montejunto Formation (Portugal) |
The Montejunto Formation is an Oxfordian geologic formation in Portugal. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Fossil content[]
- ?Megalosaurus insignis (Tetanurae indet.)
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References[]
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
Bibliography[]
- The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2 ; , and . 2004.
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Portugal
- Jurassic System of Europe
- Jurassic Portugal
- Oxfordian Stage
- Limestone formations
- Mudstone formations
- Shallow marine deposits
- Paleontology in Portugal