Lourinhã
136 occ.
60 taxa (12 genera)
1 countries
Description
The Lourinhã Formation is a fossil-rich geological formation in western Portugal, named for the municipality of Lourinhã. The formation is mostly Late Jurassic in age (Kimmeridgian/Tithonian).It is notable for containing a fauna especially similar to that of the Morrison Formation in the United States and to a lesser extent to the Tendaguru Formation in Tanzania. There are also similarities to the nearby Villar del Arzobispo Formation and Alcobaça Formation. Besides the fossil bones, Lourinhã Formation is also well known for the fossil tracks and fossilized dinosaur eggs.
Genera
12 genera
Temporal range
252
201
145
66
0 Ma
Geological group / Member
Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo
79
Praia Azul
15
Santa Rita-Assenta
4
Santa Rita/Praia Azul
3
Santa Rita
1
Porto Novo
1
Praia da Amoreira
1
Top countries
🇵🇹 Portugal
136
Depositional environments
Terrestrial indet.
76
Fluvial indet.
20
Delta plain
9
Marine indet.
8
Estuary / bay
7
Peritidal
5
Coarse channel fill
4
Fluvial-deltaic indet.
2
Floodplain
2
Wet floodplain
1
Top collectors
G. Zbyszewski
20
J. Amorim
15
A. Lapparent
11
A. Walen
8
P. Carreira de Deus
8
O. Mateus
8
Anunciação
6
J. Milàn
5
C. Ribeiro
4
A. de Lapparent
4
M. de Matos
4
Walen
4
Collection activity by decade
1860s
4
1940s
11
1950s
3
1960s
4
1980s
23
1990s
7
2000s
43
2010s
34
2020s
3