The Calcários Micríticos da Serra de Aire is a Bathonian geologic formation in Portugal. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]
| Calcários Micríticos da Serra de Aire | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Bathonian ~ | |
 | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Micritic limestone |
| Other | Pyrite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 39°36′N 8°36′W / 39.6°N 8.6°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 32°36′N 2°54′E / 32.6°N 2.9°E |
| Region | Santarém |
| Country |  Portugal |
| Extent | Lusitanian Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Serra de Aire |
  Calcários Micríticos da Serra de Aire (Portugal) | |
Fossil content
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
Bibliography
edit- 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