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Farta Pao - Sobral, Portugal

Formation	Farta Pao
Member	Sobral
Age:	156 - 145 Ma Jurassic
Interval	Tithonian
Lithology	sandstone
Number of Collections	1
Number of Occurrences	1

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Praia da Areia Branca	Lourinhã, Lisbon, Portugal	Farta Pao - Sobral
Alcobaça	Alcobaça, Leiria, Portugal	Farta Pao - Sobral
Porto Novo	Torres Vedras, Lisbon, Portugal	Farta Pao - Sobral
Praia das Almoinhas	Ponte de Sôr, Portalegre, Portugal	Farta Pao - Sobral
Peralta theropod	Torres Vedras, Lisbon, Portugal	Farta Pao - Sobral
Miragaia	Lourinhã, Lisbon, Portugal	Farta Pao - Sobral
Porto Barcas tracks	Lourinhã, Lisbon, Portugal	Farta Pao - Sobral
Peralta	Lourinhã, Lisbon, Portugal	Farta Pao - Sobral

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Lourinhã	152 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic	wackestone, claystone/sandstone, claystone, sandstone, marl	25
Lourinhã - Praia Azul	152 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic	sandstone, siltstone, mudstone	13

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Dacentrurus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Stegosauridae : *Dacentrurus*	155.7 - 145 Ma Jurassic
Miragaia longicollum species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Stegosauridae : Miragaia : *Miragaia longicollum*	155.7 - 145 Ma Jurassic
Tetrapoda unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Austrobrachyops : Tetrapoda	155.7 - 145 Ma Jurassic
Pteraichnus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Pteraichnidae : *Pteraichnus*	155.7 - 145 Ma Jurassic
Lourinhanosaurus antunesi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Lourinhanosaurus : *Lourinhanosaurus antunesi*	155.7 - 145 Ma Jurassic
Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Camarasauridae : Lourinhasaurus : *Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis*	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Sauropoda unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Sauropoda	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic
Titanosauriformes unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Macrurosaurus : Titanosauriformes	152.1 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic

References

Lapparent A. F. de, Zbyszewski G. (1957) Les dinosauriens du Portugal [The dinosaurs of Portugal], Mémoires des Services Géologiques du Portugal, nouvelle série 2, 1-63

Galton P. M. (1991) Postcranial remains of stegosaurian dinosaur Dacentrurus from Upper Jurassic of France and Portugal, Geologica et Palaeontologica 25, 299-327

Mateus O. (1998) Lourinhanosaurus antunesi, a new Upper Jurassic allosauroid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from Lourinhã, Portugal, Memórias da Academia de Ciências de Lisboa 37, 111-124

Mateus O., Maidment S. C. R., et al (2009) A new long-necked 'sauropod-mimic' stegosaur and the evolution of the plated dinosaurs, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276, 1815-1821 doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1909

Mateus O., Milàn J. (2010) First records of crocodyle and pterosaur tracks in the Upper Jurassic of Portugal, Crocodyle tracks and traces. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 51, 83-87

Mannion P. D., Upchurch P., et al (2013) Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168, 98-206

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