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Alcobaça Formation

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The Alcobaça Formation, previously known as the Guimarota Formation and also known as the Consolação Unit,^[1] is a geological formation in Portugal.^[2] It dates back to the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic. It is an important source of information on the diversity of Late Jurassic mammals.^[3]^[4] Many of the fossils were collected from the now disused and flooded Camadas de Guimarota coal mine.

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Alcobaça Formation
Stratigraphic range: Kimmeridgian ~156.9–152.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Sub-units	Camadas de Guimarota
Underlies	Lourinhã Formation
Overlies	Montejunto Formation
Lithology
Primary	Marl
Other	Mudstone, coal, siltstone, limestone, sandstone
Location
Coordinates	39.6°N 9.0°W / 39.6; -9.0
Approximate paleocoordinates	33.7°N 1.6°E / 33.7; 1.6
Region	Estremadura, Leiria, Lisboa
Country	Portugal
Extent	Lusitanian Basin
Type section
Named for	Alcobaça, Portugal
Named by	Choffat
Year defined	1885
Alcobaça Formation (Portugal)

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaur eggs are geographically located in Lisbon District, Portugal.^[5] Dinosaur tracks are geographically located in Leiria District, Portugal.^[6]

Amphibians

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Amphibians of the Alcobaça Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Celtedens	Indeterminate	Porto Pinheiro			Albanerpetontid

Choristoderes

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Choristoderes of the Alcobaça Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Cteniogenys	Indeterminate	Guimarota

Ornithischians

Indeterminate euornithopod remains located in Lisbon District.^[5] Indeterminate stegosaurid remains present in Lisbon District.^[5]

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Ornithischians of the Alcobaça Formation
Genus	Species	District	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Dacentrurus^[5]	D. armatus^[5]	Lisboa^[5]
Ornithopoda^[5]	Indeterminate^[5]	Lisboa^[5]
Stegosaurus^[7]	S. cf. ungulatus				"...one tooth, five cervical vertebrae (including the axis), five dorsal vertebrae, cervical and dorsal ribs, three caudal vertebrae, chevrons, preacetabular process of the left ilium, right tibia, fibula, astragalus and [calcaneus], a cervical plate, and several fragments of plates."
Trimucrodon^[5]	T. cuneatus^[5]	Lisboa^[5]			Later determined to be indeterminate ornithischian remains.^[5]

Saurischians

Indeterminate sauropod remains located in Leiria and Lisboa.^[8]

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Saurischians of the Alcobaça Formation
Genus	Species	District	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Allosaurus^[6]	Indeterminate^[6]	Leiria^[6]
Aviatyrannis	A. jurassica	Guimarota
Lusotitan^[5]	L. atalaiensis^[5]	Lisboa^[5]
Ceratosaurus^[5]	Indeterminate^[5]	Lisboa^[5]
Dinheirosaurus^[5]	D. lourinhanensis^[5]	Lisboa^[5]		"[Two] cervicals, [nine] dorsals, ribs, limb elements."^[9]
Lourinhasaurus^[5]	L. alenquerensis^[5]	Lisboa^[5]
Megalosaurus^[5]	M. insignis^[5]	Lisboa^[5]			Later determined to be indeterminate theropod remains.^[5]

Turtles

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Turtles of the Alcobaça Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Peltochelys	P. duchastelli	Guimarota
Platychelys	Indeterminate	Guimarota
Pleurosternidae	Indeterminate	Guimarota

Lepidosauromorphs

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Lepidosauromorphs of the Alcobaça Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Becklesius	B. hoffstetteri	Guimarota			Paramacellodid lizard
Dorsetisaurus	D. purbeckensis	Guimarota			Anguimorph lizard
Marmoretta	Indeterminate	Guimarota			Basal Lepidosauromorph
Portugalophis	P. lignites	Guimarota			Stem-snake
Saurillodon	S. proraformis	Guimarota			A lizard
Saurillus	S. henkeli, cf. obtusus	Guimarota			A lizard
cf. Opisthias^[10]	Indeterminate	Andrés, Pombal			A rhynchocephalian

Crocodyliformes

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Crocodyliformes of the Alcobaça Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Goniopholis	G. baryglyphaeus	Guimarota			A goniopholidid
Knoetschkesuchus	K. guimarotae	Guimarota			An atoposaurid
Lisboasaurus	L. mitracostatus	Guimarota
Machimosaurus	M. hugii	Guimarota			A marine machimosaurid

Mammals

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Mammals of the Alcobaça Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Bathmochoffatia	B. hapax	Guimarota			A paulchoffatiid multituberculate
Bernardodon	B. sp, B. atlanticus	Porto Pinheiro			A pinheirodontid multituberculate
Drescheratherium	D. acutum	Guimarota			A paurodontid dryolestidan
Dryolestes	D. leirensis	Guimarota			A dryolestid dryolestidan
Ecprepaulax	E. anomala	Porto Pinheiro			A pinheirodontid multituberculate
Guimarotodon	G. leiriensis	Guimarota			A paulchoffatiid multituberculate
Guimarotodus	G. inflatus	Guimarota			A dryolestid dryolestidan
Haldanodon	H. exspectatus	Guimarota			A docodont
Henkelodon	H. naias, H. sp	Guimarota			A paulchoffatiid multituberculate
Henkelotherium	H. guimarotae	Guimarota			A dryolestidan
Iberodon	I. quadrituberculatus	Porto Pinheiro			A pinheirodontid multituberculate
Kielanodon	K. hopsoni	Guimarota			A paulchoffatiid multituberculate
Krebsotherium	K. lusitanicum	Guimarota			A dryolestid dryolestidan
Kuehneodon	K. guimarotensis, K. dietrichi, K. simpsoni, K. uniradiculatus, K. sp	Guimarota			A paulchoffatiid multituberculate
Laolestes	L. andresi	Porto Pinheiro			A dryolestid dryolestidan
Meketibolodon	M. robustus	Guimarota			A paulchoffatiid multituberculate
Meketichoffatia	M. krausei, M. sp	Guimarota			A paulchoffatiid multituberculate
Nanolestes	N. krusati	Porto Pinheiro			A cladotherian
Nanolestes	N. drescherae	Guimarota			A cladotherian
Paulchoffatia	P. delgadoi	Guimarota			A paulchoffatiid multituberculate
Pinheirodon	P. sp, P. vastus, P. pygmaeus	Porto Pinheiro			A pinheirodontid multituberculate
Plesiochoffatia	P. thoas, P. peperethos	Guimarota			A paulchoffatiid multituberculate
Portopinheirodon	P. asymmetricus	Porto Pinheiro			A dryolestid dryolestidan
Priacodon	Indeterminate	Porto Pinheiro			A triconodontid
Proalbionbaatar	P. plagiocyrtus	Guimarota			A multituberculate of uncertain placement
Pseudobolodon	P. dryas, P krebsi, P. oreas	Guimarota			A paulchoffatiid multituberculate
Renatodon	R. amalthea	Guimarota			A paulchoffatiid multituberculate
? Tinodon	Indeterminate	Porto Pinheiro			A tinodontid symmetrodont
Xenachoffatia	X. oinopion	Guimarota			A paulchoffatiid multituberculate
Paulchoffatiidae	Indeterminate	Guimarota			4 distinct genera with 7 species
Pinheirodontidae	Indeterminate	Porto Pinheiro

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Taxon	Reclassified taxon	Taxon falsely reported as present	Dubious taxon or junior synonym	Ichnotaxon	Ootaxon	Morphotaxon

Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; ~~crossed out~~ taxa are discredited.

References

[1]
Mateus, O.; Dinis, J.; Cunha, P. P. (2017-09-28). "The Lourinhã Formation: the Upper Jurassic to lower most Cretaceous of the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal – landscapes where dinosaurs walked". Ciências da Terra / Earth Sciences Journal. 19 (1): 75–97. doi:10.21695/cterra/esj.v19i1.355. hdl:10316/79879. ISSN 2183-4431.
[2]
Fürsich, Franz T.; Schneider, Simon; Werner, Winfried; Lopez-Mir, Berta; Pierce, Colm S. (2021-09-13). "Life at the continental–marine interface: palaeoenvironments and biota of the Alcobaça Formation (Late Jurassic, Central Portugal), with a formal definition of the unit appended". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. doi:10.1007/s12549-021-00496-x. ISSN 1867-1608.
[3]
"Guimarota". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
[4]
"Porto Pinheiro, Lourinha". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
[5]
"16.4 Distrito do Lisboa, Portugal; 1. Camadas de Alcobaça," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 548.
[6]
"16.1 Distrito do Leiria, Portugal; 3. Camadas de Alcobaça," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 548.
[7]
Escaso, Fernando; Ortega, Francisco; Dantas, Pedro; Malafaia, Elisabete; Pimentel, Nuno L.; Pereda-Suberbiola, Xabier; Sanz, José Luis; Kullberg, José Carlos; Kullberg, María Carla (2006-12-23). "New evidence of shared dinosaur across Upper Jurassic Proto-North Atlantic: Stegosaurus from Portugal". Naturwissenschaften. 94 (5): 367–374. Bibcode:2007NW.....94..367E. doi:10.1007/s00114-006-0209-8. PMID 17187254. S2CID 10930309.
[8]
"16.1 Distrito do Leiria, Portugal; 3. Camadas de Alcobaça," and "16.4 Distrito do Lisboa, Portugal; 1. Camadas de Alcobaça," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 548-549.
[9]
"Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 265.
[10]
Malafaia, E.; Ortega, F.; Escaso, F.; Dantas, P.; Pimentel, N.; Gasulla, J. M.; Ribeiro, B.; Barriga, F.; Sanz, J. L. (2010). "Vertebrate fauna at the Allosaurus fossil-site of Andrés (Upper Jurassic), Pombal, Portugal". Journal of Iberian Geology. 36 (2): 193–204. doi:10.5209/rev_JIGE.2010.v36.n2.7. ISSN 1698-6180.

Bibliography

Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka (eds.) Osmólska. 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2

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