Earth:Caranguejeira Conglomerate
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| Caranguejeira Conglomerate Stratigraphic range: Aptian-Cenomanian | |
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| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 39°42′N 8°36′W / 39.7°N 8.6°W |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 29°36′N 1°54′W / 29.6°N 1.9°W |
| 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.[1]
Paleofauna
- Duriatitan humerocristatus[2]
- Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis[2]
- Megalosaurus insignis[2]
- Morosaurus marchei (theropod indet.)[2]
- Pelorosaurus humerocristatus (sauropod indet.)[1]
Correlation
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera
References
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21.ISBN:0-520-24209-2
Further reading
- H.-E. Sauvage. 1895. Les dinosauriens du terrain jurassique supérieur du Boulonnais [The dinosaurs from the Upper Jurassic terrain of the Boulonnais]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 3e série 22:465-470
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