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Grès de Silves, Loulé, Faro, Portugal

FormationGrès de Silves
Age:237 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
IntervalCarnian - Norian
Lithologysandstone
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences7

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Penina western localityLoulé, Faro, PortugalGrès de Silves
Penina eastern localityLoulé, Faro, PortugalGrès de Silves

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Sarcopterygii
class
3Animalia : Chordata : Sarcopterygii237 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Metoposauridae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Metoposauridae237 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Metoposaurus algarvensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Metoposauridae : Metoposaurus : Metoposaurus algarvensis237 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Temnospondyli
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli237 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Archosauromorpha
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Archosauromorpha237 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Phytosauria
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Phytosauria237 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

References

Witzmann F., Gassner T. (2008) Metoposaurid and mastodonsaurid stereospondyls from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary of Portugal, Alcheringa 32, 37-51
Mateus O., Butler R. J., et al (2014) The first phytosaur (Diapsida, Archosauriformes) from the Late Triassic of the Iberian Peninsula, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 4, 970-975
Brusatte S. L., Butler R. J., et al (2015) A new species of Metoposaurus from the Late Triassic of Portugal and comments on the systematics and biogeography of metoposaurid temnospondyls, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology doi:0.1080/02724634.2014.912988
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