Lourinhã Formation

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The Lourinhã Formation is a Late Jurassic geological formation in western Portugal renowned for its exceptionally rich dinosaur fossil assemblages.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lourinhã Formation canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation ⓘ
sedimentary rock formation ⓘ
age Kimmeridgian ⓘ
Tithonian ⓘ
contains coal layers ⓘ
paleosols ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
environmentOfDeposition coastal plain ⓘ
deltaic ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Late Jurassic ⓘ
hasFossilType body fossils ⓘ
eggshells ⓘ
trace fossils ⓘ
hasResearchSite Museu da Lourinhã vicinity ⓘ
hasTypeLocality Lourinhã ⓘ
knownFor dinosaur eggs ⓘ
dinosaur fossils ⓘ
dinosaur nests ⓘ
vertebrate ichnofossils ⓘ
lithology conglomerate ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
locatedIn Lourinhã region ⓘ
western Portugal ⓘ
notableFossilTaxon Allosaurus europaeus ⓘ
linked to: Allosaurus

Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis ⓘ
Draconyx loureiroi ⓘ
Lourinhanosaurus antunesi ⓘ
Lusotitan atalaiensis ⓘ
linked to: Lourinhasaurus

Miragaia longicollum ⓘ
Torvosaurus gurneyi ⓘ
linked to: Torvosaurus
overlies Abadia Formation ⓘ
paleobiota Crocodyliformes ⓘ
Mammaliaformes ⓘ
Ornithopoda ⓘ
Pterosauria ⓘ
Sauropoda ⓘ
Stegosauria ⓘ
Testudines ⓘ
Theropoda ⓘ
paleoclimate seasonal ⓘ
warm-temperate ⓘ
partOf Lusitanian Basin ⓘ
region Centro Region of Portugal ⓘ
significance one of Europe’s richest Late Jurassic dinosaur sites ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitOf Upper Jurassic ⓘ
underlies Alcobaça Formation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Allosauridae → fossilRecord → Lourinhã Formation ⓘ
Torvosaurus → fossilSite → Lourinhã Formation ⓘ