Earth:Montejunto Formation

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Montejunto Formation
Stratigraphic range: Oxfordian
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesAlcobaça Formation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherMudstone
Location
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 39°30′N 9°12′W / 39.5°N 9.2°W / 39.5; -9.2
Paleocoordinates [ ⚑ ] 33°42′N 1°36′E / 33.7°N 1.6°E / 33.7; 1.6
Country Portugal
ExtentLusitanian Basin
Montejunto Formation is located in Portugal
Montejunto Formation
Montejunto Formation (Portugal)

The Montejunto Formation is an Oxfordian geologic formation in Portugal. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Fossil content

  • ?Megalosaurus insignis (Tetanurae indet.)

See also

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

References

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

Bibliography

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