Unidade Bombarral
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The Unidade Bombarral is a geological formation in Europe. It dates back to the Late Jurassic
Late Jurassic
The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 161.2 ± 4.0 to 145.5 ± 4.0 million years ago , which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata. In European lithostratigraphy, the name "Malm" indicates rocks of Late Jurassic age...

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Vertebrate fauna

Indeterminate stegosauridae remains once referred to Dacentrurus
Dacentrurus
Dacentrurus , originally known as Omosaurus, was a large stegosaur of the Late Jurassic Period .-Description:...

 armatus
were located in Distrito do Leiria, Portugal. Theropod tracks have been located in Distrito do Lisboa, Portugal. Theropod tracks have been located in Distrito do Lisboa, Portugal.
Dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...

s of the Unidade Bombarral
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America. It was first described by Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 from fossils found in the Grand River Canyon of western Colorado, in the United States. Riggs named the dinosaur Brachiosaurus altithorax,...


B. atalaiensis
  • Distrito do Leiria
  • Distrito do Lisboa


Dacentrurus
Dacentrurus
Dacentrurus , originally known as Omosaurus, was a large stegosaur of the Late Jurassic Period .-Description:...


D. armatus
  • Distrito do Leiria

Draconyx
Draconyx
Draconyx is a genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic. It was an ornithopod which lived in what is now Portugal. It was found in Lourinhã, in 1991, and described by Octávio Mateus and Miguel Telles Antunes in 2001.-Etymology:...


D. loureiroi
  • Distrito do Leiria

"Teeth, vertebrae, fore- and hindlimbs."

Lourinhasaurus
Lourinhasaurus
Lourinhasaurus was a sauropod dinosaur genus hailing from Late Jurassic strata from two localities in Estremadura, Portugal. It was described by Dantas et al. in 1998. Its type species is L...


L. alenquerensis
  • Distrito do Leiria
  • Distrito do Lisboa

Megalosaurus
Megalosaurus
Megalosaurus is a genus of large meat-eating theropod dinosaurs of the Middle Jurassic period of Europe...


M. insignis
  • Distrito do Leiria
  • Distrito do Lisboa

Now regarded as indeterminate theropod remains.

Pelorosaurus
Pelorosaurus
Pelorosaurus was a huge plant-eating dinosaur. Pelorosaurus was one of the first sauropod dinosaurs ever discovered. Pelorosaurus lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 138-112 million years ago. Fossils referred to Pelorosaurus have been found in England and Portugal...


P. humerocristatus
  • Distrito do Leiria

Now regarded as indeterminate sauropod remains.

Torvosaurus
Torvosaurus
Torvosaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period...


Indeterminate
  • Distrito do Leiria
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