| Caranguejeira Conglomerate | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Aptian-Cenomanian | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 39°42′N 8°36′W / 39.7°N 8.6°W / 39.7; -8.6 |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 29°36′N 1°54′W / 29.6°N 1.9°W / 29.6; -1.9 |
| Region | Santarém |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Extent | Lusitanian Basin |
  Caranguejeira Conglomerate (Portugal) | |
The Caranguejeira Conglomerate (Portuguese: Conglomerados de Caranguejeira) is an Aptian to Cenomanian geologic formation in Portugal. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Paleofauna
- Duriatitan humerocristatus
- Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis
- Megalosaurus insignis
- Morosaurus marchei (theropod indet.)
- Pelorosaurus humerocristatus (sauropod indet.)
Correlation
See also
References
- ^ Weishampel et al. 2004, pp.517-607
- ^ Ourém at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
Further reading
- H.-E. Sauvage. 1895. Les dinosauriens du terrain jurassique supérieur du Boulonnais . Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 3e série 22:465-470