Vertebrados do Cretácico Inferior de Papo Seco

No final de 2015 foi publicado na revista internacional Journal of Iberian Geology um novo trabalho sobre os vertebrados provenientes da Formação de Papo Seco, aflorante na península de Setúbal. Este trabalho, intitulado "Dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Papo-Seco Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of southern Portugal" coloca em contexto sistemático toda uma série de novas ocorrências de peixes actinopterígeos, tartarugas, crocodilos, pterossaurios e dinossáurios.

Dente de Baryonyx sp. (Figueiredo et al., 2015)

Deixamos aqui o resumo:

"New vertebrate remains reported from the Papo-Seco Formation (Lower Barremian, Lower Cretaceous) of Areias do Mastro, in Cabo Espichel, SW Portugal, south of Lisbon. The marine, lagoonal, and estuarine limestones, marls, sands and gravels have yielded remains of dinosaurs and other reptiles since the 19th century. Recent paleontological prospecting produced several vertebrate remains, including turtle shell fragments, crocodilian teeth, fish and pterosaurs. Research identified both bones and teeth of fish, crocodiles, dinosaurs Baryonyx and iguanodontian, as well as a ctenochasmatoid pterosaur, and a possible ornithocheirid pterosaur. These new disclosures are an important contribution to the knowledge of vertebrate diversity from the Portuguese Cretaceous. Faunal species combination proven to be similar to other faunal associations of Barremian formations in the Iberian Peninsula."

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Referência. 

Figueiredo S, Rosina P, Figuti L. 2016. Dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Papo-Seco Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of southern Portugal. Journal of Iberian Geology41 (3): 301-314

I IMERP - XIV EJIP 2016, Alpuente (Valencia, Espanha)

No passado mês de Abril realizou-se em Alpuente (Valencia, Espanha) a décima quarta edição do Encontro de Jovens Investigadores em Paleontologia (EJIP) e a primeira edição do International Meeting of Early-stage Researchers in Palaeontology (IMERP). Neste encontro foram apresentados vários trabalhos sobre registo fóssil português:

• Caprichoso C, Sá AA, Legoinha P, Pereira S. 2016. Trilobites of the Devonian of Portugal – the state of the art. New perspectives on the Evolution of Phanerozoic Biotas and Ecosystems (XIV EJIP Abstract book),19
• Colmenar J, Pereira S, Sá AA, Silva CM da. 2016. An Upper Ordovician benthic assemblage from the Cabeço Pedrogão locality (Central Iberian Zone, Portugal): biostratigraphical and palaeobiogeographical remarks. New perspectives on the Evolution of Phanerozoic Biotas and Ecosystems (XIV EJIP Abstract book), 23
• Pereira S, Budil P, Pires M, Sá AA, Silva CM da. The genus Vysocania Vaněk & Vokáč (Trilobita, Ordovician) – a reappraisal. New perspectives on the Evolution of Phanerozoic Biotas and Ecosystems (XIV EJIP Abstract book), 36
• Míguez-Salas O, Rodríguez-Tovar, FJ, Duarte LV. 2016. Thalassinoides-bearing deposits at the Jurassic (Lower Toarcian) of the Fonte Coberta section (NW, Portugal). New perspectives on the Evolution of Phanerozoic Biotas and Ecosystems (XIV EJIP Abstract book),64
• Mocho P, Royo-Torres R, Ortega F. 2016. Late Jurassic sauropod teeth from the Lusitanian Basin. New perspectives on the Evolution of Phanerozoic Biotas and Ecosystems (XIV EJIP Abstract book), 68.

Para os interessados em descarregar o livro de comunicações: http://imerp-ejip2016.blogspot.com.es/2016/05/congress-publications-available.html

No final do encontro foi ainda aprovada a candidatura para organizar a XV EJIP em Pombal (Portugal).