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Calcários Micríticos da Serra de Aire

Coordinates: 39°36′N 8°36′W / 39.6°N 8.6°W / 39.6; -8.6
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Calcários Micríticos da Serra de Aire
Stratigraphic range: Bathonian
~167–165 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Lithology
PrimaryMicritic limestone
OtherPyrite
Location
Coordinates39°36′N 8°36′W / 39.6°N 8.6°W / 39.6; -8.6
Approximate paleocoordinates32°36′N 2°54′E / 32.6°N 2.9°E / 32.6; 2.9
RegionSantarém
Country Portugal
ExtentLusitanian Basin
Type section
Named forSerra de Aire
Calcários Micríticos da Serra de Aire is located in Portugal
Calcários Micríticos da Serra de Aire
Calcários Micríticos da Serra de Aire (Portugal)

The Calcários Micríticos da Serra de Aire is a Bathonian geologic formation in Portugal. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

Bibliography

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  • V. F. Santos, J. J. Moratalla, and R. Royo-Torres. 2009. New sauropod trackways from the Middle Jurassic of Portugal. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(3):409-422
  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
  • V. F. dos Santos, M. G. Lockley, C. A. Meyer, J. Carvalho, A. M. Galopim Carvalho and J. J. Moratalla. 1995. A new sauropod tracksite from the Middle Jurassic of Portugal. In M. G. Lockley, V. F. dos Santos, C. A. Meyer, & A. P. Hunt (eds.), Aspects of Sauropod Paleobiology. GAIA 10:5-13