Caranguejeira Conglomerate

Caranguejeira Conglomerate
Stratigraphic range: Aptian-Cenomanian
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Conglomerate
Location
Coordinates	39°42′N8°36′W / 39.7°N 8.6°W / 39.7; -8.6
Approximate paleocoordinates	29°36′N1°54′W / 29.6°N 1.9°W / 29.6; -1.9
Region	Santarém
Country	Portugal
Extent	Lusitanian Basin
Caranguejeira Conglomerate (Portugal)

The Caranguejeira Conglomerate (Portuguese : Conglomerados de Caranguejeira) is an Aptian to Cenomanian geologic formation in Portugal. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. ^[1]

Paleofauna

• Duriatitan humerocristatus ^[2]
• Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis ^[2]
• Megalosaurus insignis (theropod indet.) ^[2]
• Morosaurus marchei (theropod indet.) ^[2]
• Pelorosaurus humerocristatus (sauropod indet.) ^[1]

Correlation

Early Cretaceous stratigraphy of Iberia

Ma	Age	Paleomap \ Basins	Cantabrian	Olanyà	Cameros	Maestrazgo	Oliete	Galve	Morella	South Iberian	Pre-betic	Lusitanian
100	Cenomanian		La Cabana	Sopeira	Utrillas		Mosquerela					Caranguejeira
			Altamira		Utrillas
			Eguino
125	Albian		Ullaga - Balmaseda	Lluçà						Traiguera
			Monte Grande		Escucha		Escucha			Jijona
			Itxina - Miono
	Aptian		Valmaseda - Tellamendi		Ol Gp. - Castrillo	Benassal		Benassal				Olhos
				Font	En Gp. - Leza	Morella /Oliete	Oliete	Villaroya	Morella	Capas Rojas		Almargem
			Patrocinio - Ernaga	Senyús	En Gp. - Jubela	Forcall				Villaroya	Upper Bedoulian	Figueira
	Barremian		Vega de Pas	Cabó	Abejar	Xert	Alacón	Xert		Huérguina		Assises
				Prada		Artoles				Collado	Moutonianum	Papo Seco
				Rúbies	Tera Gp. - Golmayo	Alacón/Blesa	Blesa	Camarillas	Mirambel
150	Hauterivian				Ur Gp. - Pinilla	Llacova		Castellar	Tera Gp. - Pinilla	Villares		Porto da Calada
							hiatus
						Huerva			Gaita
	Valanginian		Villaro		Ur Gp. - Larriba				Ped Gp. - Hortigüela
					Ped Gp. - Hortigüela				Ped Gp. - Piedrahita
					Peñacoba			Galve		Miravetes
	Berriasian		Cab Gp. - Arcera		Valdeprado	hiatus		Alfambra
					TdL Gp. - Rupelo			Arzobispo	hiatus	Tollo
					On Gp. - Huérteles Sierra Matute
	Tithonian		Lastres		Tera Gp. - Magaña		Higuereles			Tera Gp. - Magaña		Lourinhã
									Arzobispo
					Ágreda
Legend		Major fossiliferous , oofossiliferous , ichnofossiliferous , coproliferous , minor formation
Sources

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera

References

1. Weishampel et al. 2004, pp.517-607
2. Ourém at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

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

Further reading

• H.-E. Sauvage. 1895. Les dinosauriens du terrain jurassique supérieur du Boulonnais [The dinosaurs from the Upper Jurassic terrain of the Boulonnais]. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 3e série 22:465-470