Silvério Domingues Figueiredo- PhD
- Research Director at Centro Português de Geo-História e Pré-História
Silvério Domingues Figueiredo
- PhD
- Research Director at Centro Português de Geo-História e Pré-História
Professor Adjunto do Instituto Politécnico Tomar; Investigador do CPGP; Investigador Associado do Centro Geociências-UC
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Introduction
Researcher in the area of paleontology of vertebrates (dinosaurs and birds) and in ancient prehistory.
Current institution
Centro Português de Geo-História e Pré-História
Current position
- Research Director
Additional affiliations
June 2010 - present
January 2000 - December 2001
Museu Nacional de Arqueologia
Position
- Research Assistant
January 1998 - June 1998
Instituto Geológico e Mineiro
Position
- Research Assistant
Education
September 2003 - June 2010
September 1995 - June 1996
September 1991 - June 1994
Publications
Publications (209)
Resumo: São analisadas dez pegadas de dinossauros, ocorrendo em dois estratos do topo das "Camadas com Pholadomya protei" (Oxfordiano superior) do Cabo Mondego (Figueira da Foz), sector norte da Bacia Lusi-tânica. Trata-se de pegadas que podem ser observadas na superfície das camadas ou em seção transversal, por vezes representando estruturas que d...
New theropod tracks found in Boca do Chapim, north of Cape Espichel (Papo Seco Formation, lower Barremian) are presented. fourteen theropod tracks were identified on the lowermost bed of this formation. Two different types of theropod footprints have been identified, which occur at two different levels of these beds. The first type, consisting of s...
Em Portugal conhecem-se 13 sítios com fósseis de pterossauros (fig. 1). A primeira referência a pterossauros em Portugal data de 1957 e refere-se a 4 vértebras, inicialmente identificadas como Dimorphodon ou Rhamphorhynchus (Lapparent e Zbyszewski, 1957), provenientes do Campaniano/Maastrichtiano de Viso (Aveiro). Estas vértebras foram, mais tarde,...
Na formação do Papo Seco (Barremiano) têm sido descritos dinossauros terópodes, de saurópodes e de ornitópodes (Lapparent e Zbyszewski, 1957; Buffetaut 2007; Mateus et al., 2011; Figueiredo et al., 2015, 2022b, 2023; Mateus e Estraviz-López, 2022). Apresenta-se uma súmula dos restos de ornitópodes descritos nesta formação geológica.
Os restos de or...
The Western Iberian Peninsula is undergoing compressive tectonic reactivation, resulting in spatial and temporal variations of surface uplift. Uplift quantification can be undertaken in coastal settings using staircases of shore platforms developed onto rocky headlands. This study analyses two marine terrace staircases in central Portugal: Cape Ras...
Theevolution of hominins refers to the gradualdevelopmentof humansandtheir ancestors from earlier primates.Hominins
encompassmodernhumans(Homosapiens),theirdirect ancestors, andextinct species that are more closelyrelated to humans
than to chimpanzees. This evolutionary process began around 7e6 Ma, after the divergence from the common ancestor
shar...
A Foz do Enxarrique situa-se no terraço (T6), e preserva um único horizonte
arqueológico, constituído por indústria Mustierense e restos faunísticos,
datado entre 44-32 Ka. Nas escavações (1982 a 2001), dirigidas por Luís
Raposo, foi recuperada uma rica coleção de ossos e dentes de mamíferos,
répteis, anfíbios e peixes. A confluência hídrica sugere...
A Foz do Enxarrique situa-se no terraço (T6), e preserva um único horizonte arqueológico, constituído por indústria Mustierense e restos faunísticos, datado entre 44-32 Ka. Nas escavações, foi recuperada uma rica coleção de ossos e dentes de mamíferos, répteis, anfíbios e peixes. As principais caraterísticas faunísticas indicam uma predominância de...
Na região do Cabo Espichel têm sido descritos vários icnossítios com dinoturbação (Jurássico Superior e Cretácico Inferior. Neste trabalho caracterizam-se 36 pegadas de terópodes, identificadas na Boca do Chapim, no topo da camada basal da Fm. de Papo-Seco. A camada é de calcário micrítico margoarenoso, depositado numa planície argilosa intermareal...
Na região do Cabo Espichel têm sido descritos vários icnossítios com
dinoturbação (Jurássico Superior e Cretácico Inferior): Praia do Cavalo,
Pedra da Mua e Lagosteiros. Nos últimos anos, novos sítios com pegadas de
dinossauros foram descritos entre a Boca do Chapim e a Praia do Guincho
(norte do Cabo Espichel), nas formações de Areia do Mastro e d...
A NEW DINOSAUR TRACKSITE FROM THE ARARIPE BASIN (BRAZIL) AND THE PUTATIVE EARLY PALEOZOIC AGE FOR THE MAURITI FORMATION
Pp 97-102 In: Louis H.Taylor, Robert G. Raynolds, and Spencer G. Lucas, eds., 2024, Vertebrate Paleoichnology: A Tribute to Martin Lockley. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin.
Footprints in the Araripe Basi...
We describe new dinosaur tracks from the lower and middle Albian of the Lusitanian Basin, Portugal, located at Ponta da Pedra do Sal and Praia de São Pedro (São Pedro do Estoril, Cascais). In Ponta da Pedra do Sal, the tracks are in a succession of about 11 m thick, consisting mainly of compact fossiliferous limestone layers that correlate with the...
Ornithopod remains from Papo Seco Formation were identified since XIX century. Three teeth, three vertebrae and a fragment of femur, were attributed to Iguanodon mantelli by Lapparent and Zbyszewski (1957) and later assigned to Iguanodon cf. atherfieldensis by Crespo (2001) and to Iguanodon sp. by Antunes and Mateus (2003). These authors also menti...
Discovery of new fossils of ornithopod dinosaurs in the Papo-Seco Formation; Describe the ornithopod dinosaurs of the Barremian of Portugal and characterize them in the Iberian and European context and make its Paleoenvironmental and paleogeographic implications. Increase the knowledge of the ornithopod dinosaurs of the Lower Cretaceous of Portugal...
NMCPGP, resulted from a protocol signed between CPGP and the Municipality of Golegã. It consists of a Natural History exhibition and a library specializing in Palaeontology, Prehistory and Archaeology. The exhibition was thought to present, in a didactic and accessible way to the general public, the following themes: Evolution, Palaeontology, Prehi...
Foz do Enxarrique is an open-air archaeological site from the end of the Middle Palaeolithic (upper Pleistocene), It is located on a terrace of the Tagus River (T6), on the right bank of the Tagus River, at the mouth of the Enxarrique stream, in Vila Velha de Rodao, about 10 km from the border with Spain. Several archaeological campaigns were carri...
Foz do Enxarrique is an open-air archaeological site from the end of the Middle Palaeolithic (upper Pleistocene), It is located on a terrace of the Tagus River (T6), on the right bank of the Tagus River, at the mouth of the Enxarrique stream, in Vila Velha de Ródão, about 10 km from the border with Spain. Several archaeological campaigns were carri...
Este livro apresenta, de forma sucinta, uma síntese sobre a paleontologia
do concelho das Caldas da Rainha. Divide-se em duas partes: na
primeira, procura-se fazer uma introdução geral acerca da paleontologia,
apresentar a história da evolução geológica e da vida na Terra
e do estudo da paleontologia em Portugal; a segunda é unicamente
dedicada à c...
The work carried out in Mato Miranda (Golegã) is presented, in the context of depositional architecture indicating the geometry of a river paleochannel in the Lower Tagus, with several prehistoric sites identified in its surroundings.
This work describes the evolution of the environments and faunas of the transition from the Areia do Mastro Formation to the Papo Seco Formation. The last layers of the Areia do Mastro Formation feature a set of footprints attributed to various groups of dinosaurs; the first layers of the Papo Seco Formation has some sauropod footprints, but a pred...
This work describes the evolution of the environments and faunas of the transition from the Areia de Mastro Formation to the Papo Seco Formation.
The last layers of the Areia de Mastro Formation feature a set of footprints attributed to various groups of dinosaurs; the first layers of the
Papo Seco Formation has some sauropod footprints, but a pred...
The ages of the geomorphological and sedimentary records from the Peniche coastline are characterised and calculated by absolute dating and identified 5 marine terraces below the culminating platform, attributed to marine incursion dating back to ~3.7 Ma. The terraces located above the current marine abrasion platform are correlated with periods of...
Abstract
Portugal has a paleontological heritage of great value and scientific importance. Although increasingly disseminated and dispersed in the media and social networks, this heritage is, in some cases, unknown to the general public. The issue of knowledge of heritage is important, because in order to preserve any type of heritage (artistic, ar...
The west of the Iberian Peninsula is an important region for the knowledge of the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic because it was where human dispersal westwards in Eurasia ended. At the same time, it was an ecological refuge whose diversity of resources and landscapes allowed for cultural idiosyncrasies. Although research on the Palaeolithic in Portu...
Na Ponta da Pedra do Sal e na Praia de São Pedro do Estoril, Cascais, dois novos conjuntos de pegadas de dinossauros ornitópodes, terópodes e saurópodes do Cretácico Inferior foram identificados recentemente. Neste município, na Praia da Parede estão descritas pegadas de saurópodes numa camada de calcário da mesma unidade litoestratigráfica (Santos...
Na Ponta da Pedra do Sal e na Praia de São Pedro do Estoril, Cascais, dois novos conjuntos de pegadas de dinossauros ornitópodes, terópodes e saurópodes do Cretácico Inferior foram identificados recentemente. Neste município, na Praia da Parede estão descritas pegadas de saurópodes numa camada de calcário da mesma unidade litoestratigráfica (Santos...
Pegadas e marcas de comportamento de crocodiliformes (natação e arraste de ventre) e pegadas e vestígios de natação de dinossauros ornitópodes foram descobertos na Ribeira do Chapim, na última camada da Formação de Areia do Mastro (Barremiano), numa sequência onde ocorrem vários níveis com pegadas de dinossauros (Figueiredo et al., 2021a, b). Estas...
Em toda a Bacia Lusitaniana (Portugal) encontram-se pegadas de dinossauros de diversos grupos em toda a sucessão jurássica e cretácica. No Cabo Mondego ocorrem várias pegadas preservadas como impressões superficiais, estruturas de deformação observadas em seção transversal e feições de deformação em subsuperfície (liquefação e estruturas convolutas...
The Centro Português de Geo-História e Pré-História (Portuguese Centre of Geo-History and Prehistory, CPGP) is an Association established in 1995. In 2017 it was recognized by the Portuguese Government as public utility institution. Since its foundation, the CPGP has developed across the areas of Earth sciences, Life sciences and Humanities, with t...
Dinosaur fossils from the Lower Jurassic are very scarce in the Iberian Peninsula, which lacks a dinosaur track record. This study reports a new ichnosite from this age, at the Alvaiázere Municipality (Lusitanian Basin, Portugal) with several well-defined dinosaur and other archosaurs tracks. Seventeen tracks were identified at the top sedimentary...
The c. 100 myr extensive fossil record of bee brood nests and cells (calichnia) in siliciclastic sedimentary deposits, or palaeosols, is virtually devoid of the presence of their producers. The absence of a more specific assignment to a producer of the different ichnogenera of the ichnofamily Celliformidae precludes their use in phylogenetic and pa...
Previous and new fossils of sauropods are reported from the Papo-Seco Formation (lower Barremian, Lower Cretaceous) at Cabo Espichel, south of Lisbon, Portugal. The fossils were collected from the Boca do Chapim and Praia do Areia do Mastro sites. The sauropods and other vertebrate fossil remains from the Papo-Seco Formation occur in marls, sandsto...
This study focuses on two marine terrace staircases of central Portugal: Cabo Raso (west of Lisboa) and Cabo Espichel (western Arrábida chain). Four emerse marine terraces were found in the Cabo Raso area, while twelve were found at Cabo Espichel, according to geomorphological and stratigraphical studies. Electron Spin Resonance and luminescence da...
Summary: New dinosaur tracks from Middle Jurassic of the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal) are here presented. These new tracksites are important due to the scarcity of the paleoichnological record of Middle Jurassic dinosaurs in Portugal; until now only four sites with dinosaur’s tracks were known. Two new tracksites were identified in the Middle Jurass...
New theropod tracks found in the Papo Seco Formation (lower Barremian, Lusitanian Basin) are presented. In 2022, thirteen theropod tracks were identified on the lowermost bed of this formation, preserved as natural cast infillings on the bedding surface. The tracks are attributed to the ichnogenus cf. Megalosauripus isp. It is suggested that they w...
New dinosaur tracks from Middle Jurassic of the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal) are here presented. These new tracksites are important due to the scarcity of the paleoichnological record of Middle Jurassic dinosaurs in Portugal; until now only four sites with dinosaur’s tracks were known. Two new tracksites were identified in the Middle Jurassic of Tom...
New theropod tracks found in the Papo Seco Formation (lower Barremian, Lusitanian Basin) are presented. In 2022, thirteen theropod tracks were identified on the lowermost bed of this formation, preserved as natural cast infillings on the bedding surface. The tracks are attributed to the ichnogenus cf. Megalosauripus isp. It is suggested that they w...
Avian traces occurring in Pleistocene aeolianite and beach deposits are rare and relatively poorly known, despite being good paleoenvironmental indicators. Passeriform and raptorial birds are especially rare in the track fossil record. Exceptional tracksites were found in the Malhão formation, a Pleistocene coastal aeolianite unit from the SW mainl...
We describe new dinosaurs tracks from the middle Albian of Portugal, Lusitanian Basin, located at Ponta da Pedra do Sal (São Pedro do Estoril, Cascais), in a succession of ca. 11 m thick outcrops, mainly consisting of compact fossiliferous limestone layers, which correspond to the basal interval of the Água Doce Member (Galé Formation).
In the Lusi...
We describe new dinosaurs tracks from the middle Albian of Portugal, Lusitanian Basin, located at Ponta da Pedra do Sal (São Pedro do Estoril, Cascais), in a succession of ca. 11 m thick outcrops, mainly consisting of compact fossiliferous limestone layers, which correspond to the basal interval of the Água Doce Member (Galé Formation).
Early Cretaceous ornithopod fossil bones from Portugal are reported only from the Papo-Seco Formation (lower Barremian) at Cabo Espichel, south of Lisbon. Ornithopod and other vertebrate remains from the Papo-Seco Formation occur in limestones, marls, sandstones and conglomerates in a succession interpreted as deposited in lagoonal and estuarine en...
Early Cretaceous ornithopod fossil bones from Portugal are reported only from the Papo-Seco Formation (lower Barremian) at Cabo Espichel, south of Lisbon. Ornithopod and other vertebrate remains from the Papo-Seco Formation occur in limestones, marls, sandstones and conglomerates in a succession interpreted as deposited in lagoonal and estuarine en...
We describe a new set of nine dinosaur tracks of ornithopod, theropod and sauropod, in a new tracksite from the middle Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of Portugal, Lusitanian Basin. It is located at the Ponta da Pedra do Sal, in São Pedro do Estoril, Cascais. In this municipality (in Praia da Parede), another site with dinosaur tracks (sauropod) was prev...
ABSTRACT
We describe a new fossil of Miocene Ziphiidae found on the seabed, probably over 300 meters deep, in a location SW from Berlengas, by fishermen of Peniche and acquired by the Centro Português de Geo-História e Pré-história in 2021. It is an incomplete skull, strongly phosphatized, in good condition. Its exact origin is not known, but by th...
The fossil remains of birds from the Miocene of Portugal are scarce, encompassing a total of twelve specimens, from nine paleon-tological outcrops located in Leiria (central Portugal), southern sector of Setúbal Peninsula and along the lower Tagus Basin. This study focuses on a new specimen found in the Praia do Penedo Norte (Sesimbra) coastal clif...
Ornithopod remains are reported from the Papo-Seco Formation (lower Barremian, Early Cretaceous) at Cape Espichel, south of Lisbon, in western central Portugal. The fossil material comes from the Boca do Chapim, Praia do Areia do Mastro and Praia do Guincho palaeontological sites. Some fossils are known from the 19th century and the beginning of th...
Pegadas e marcas de comportamento de crocodiliformes (natação e arraste de ventre) e pegadas e vestígios de natação de dinossauros ornitópodes foram descobertos na Ribeira do Chapim, na parte superior da Formação de Areia do Mastro (Barremiano).
O Núcleo Museológico do Centro Português de Geo-História e Pré-História (NMCPGP) foi constituído em 2013 na antiga escola primária de São caetano (Golegã). Este núcleo resultou de um protocolo assinado entre o Centro Português de Geo-História e Pré-História (CPGP) e a Câmara Municipal da Golegã (CMG). O Núcleo é constituído por uma exposição de his...
No decorrer do ano de 2021, várias pegadas e marcas de comportamento de crocodilomorfos foram descobertos na Ribeira do Chapim, num leito de calcário da parte superior da Formação Areia do Mastro. Esta unidade foi depositada num ambiente de lagoa rasa de carbonato, sob um clima tropical. Neste local existem três áreas expostas com pegadas e vestígi...
O Núcleo Museológico do Centro Português de Geo-História e Pré-História (NMCPGP) foi constituído em 2013 na antiga escola primária de São caetano (Golegã). Este núcleo resultou de um protocolo assinado entre o Centro Português de Geo-História e Pré-História (CPGP) e a Câmara Municipal da Golegã (CMG). O Núcleo é constituído por uma exposição de his...
Os icnofósseis são marcas fossilizadas, resultantes da atividade dos seres vivos e refletem o comportamento de organismos do passado geológico, permitindo assim a reconstituição os seus modos de vida. Os icnofósseis podem ser rastos, pegadas, perfurações, escavações, marcas de repouso, ou outro tipo de registo de atividade biológica, como, por exem...
A paleoecologia estuda os ecossistemas do passado, ou seja, o conjunto das interações entre organismos, o meio e as variações ambientais decorridas ao longo dos tempos geológicos (Dutra, 2000). O conhecimento dos ambientes geológicos do passado é fundamental para a descrição da história da Terra e para a compreensão dos processos geológicos que se...
As primeiras investigações paleontológicas no Cabo Espichel são de inícios do século XIX, com os trabalhos para a Carta Geológica de Portugal. H. E. Sauvage (1897, 1898) faz referência a ossos e dentes de dinossáurios, bem como de crocodiliformes no sítio de Boca do Chapim. Mais tarde, A. F. de Lapparent e G. Zbyszewski (1957) referem, para além do...
ABSTRACT
No registro icnológico continental das bacias cretácicas brasileiras, as pegadas fósseis são bem representadas, em especial nos depósitos fluviais e marinhos litorâneos. Quase sempre são reconhecidas a partir das feições morfológicas superficiais, as quais incluem dígitos, almofadas pedais, contorno, garras ou mesmo uma deformação sequenci...
Alguns ambientes terrestres de alta energia e de condições oxidantes, inibem a preservação de fósseis e o acúmulo de matéria orgânica, limitando as interpretações bioestratigráficas e paleoambientais. • A caracterização de pegadas de dinosauros amplia a compreensão da interpretação genética de estruturas de deformação e os cenários paleoambientais...
Since the 19th century, the Lower Tejo River (western Iberia) provide extensive evidence of Neanderthal occupation. However, due to the absence of long-term, well-funded projects and of fully-equipped research facilities, we still do not have a clear framework for the Neanderthal occupation of this crucial territory. Nowadays, probably more than ev...
We described a dinosaur tracksite found in the uppermost part of the Areia do Mastro Formation (lowermost Barremian, Lower Cretaceous), located at 1.5 km north of Cabo Espichel (Sesimbra, Portugal). The studied tracks are distributed in a heavily trampled limestone bed which crops out alongside the rocky beach. The studied trampled surface is highl...
The Gruta da Furninha is a cave-site in Lower Jurassic limestones, of mainly marine genesis located at ~850 m SE of the Carvoeiro Cape, on the southern coast of the Peniche peninsula (central western mainland Portugal). The entrance of the gallery, situated in the middle of the cliff, is at ~15 m of altitude. This cave contained a rich and diverse...
In the Iberian Peninsula the fossil record of artiodactyls spans over 53 million years. During the Pleistocene, wild cattle species such as Bison and especially Bos became common. In Late Pleistocene, the aurochs (Bos primigenius) was widespread and the only bovine living along the large river valleys of southern Iberia. Although commonly found in...
Foz do Enxarrique is an open-air archaeological site from the end of the Middle Palaeolithic, with faunal remains and Mousterian industry, dated 44–32 Ka (Th/U and Qz-OSL e IRSL). The faunal accumulation shows evidence of human intervention. It can be seen as a paradigm for the interpretation of taphonomic processes typical of open-air sites and di...
Two new ornithopod natural casts are reported from the Praia do Areia do Mastro site, at Espichel Cape (near Sesimbra), western central mainland Portugal (western Iberia). In this Tracksite two geological formations occur: Areia do Mastro Formation and Papo-Seco Formation (lower Barremian). This locality (Praia do Areia do Mastro) occurs in a sedim...
No Cabo Mondego, as sucessões sedimentares do Jurássico Superior contêm vários níveis estratigráficos que preservam pegadas de dinossauros. Pelo menos 19 novas estruturas tridimensionais foram observadas em secções transversais. Estas estruturas são interpretadas como sendo produzidas pelo pisoteamento de dinossauros terópodes.
A identificação des...
No registro icnológico continental das bacias cretácicas brasileiras, as pegadas fósseis são bem representadas, em especial nos
depósitos fluviais e marinhos litorâneos. Quase sempre são reconhecidas a partir das feições morfológicas superficiais, as quais
incluem dígitos, almofadas pedais, contorno, garras ou mesmo uma deformação sequenciada no pl...
At least 700 crocodylomorph trace fossils were discovered in 2021 at Ribeira do Chapim tracksite (Cabo Espichel, Sesimbra, SW Portugal) in one limestone bed on top of the Areia do Mastro Formation (lower Barremian), deposited in a carbonate shallow lagoon environment, under a tropical climate. The footprints have several sizes. The arrangement of s...
Ornithopod remains are reported from the Papo-Seco Formation, at Cabo Espichel area (Sesimbra County), in western central Portugal, south of Lisbon. The material was collected in three palaeontological sites: Boca do Chapim, Areia do Mastro and Praia do Guincho. We present new remains and the review of ornithopod already described from the Papo-Sec...
This new tracksite, at Ribeira do Chapim, is located about 1 km north of Cabo Espichel and it is a stream with seasonal water (during winter) that flows into Boca do Chapim site. The footprints are in an area enlarged by the erosion of the stream. The tracksite is composed by two different areas (bounded in red) both with footprints and swimming tr...
Ornithopod remains are reported from the Papo-Seco Formation, at Cabo Espichel area (Sesimbra County), in western central Portugal, south of Lisbon. The material was collected in three palaeontological sites: Boca do Chapim, Areia do Mastro and Praia do Guincho. Vertebrate fossils from Cabo Espichel are known since the 19th century. Dinosaur and cr...
At Cabo Mondego (western central Portugal), the Upper Jurassic marine to coastal succession contains several stratigraphic levels preserving dinosaur footprints on the surface bedding plane, as well as convolute bedding and soft sediment injection structures interpreted as dinoturbation structures. At least nineteen new three-dimensional structures...
Foz do Enxarrique (FENX) is an open-air archaeological site from the end of the Middle Palaeolithic, with faunal remains and Mousterian industry, dated 44–32 Ka. The faunal accumulation shows evidence of human intervention. It can be seen as a paradigm for the interpretation of taphonomic processes typical of open-air sites and difficulties of inte...
Os terraços plistocénicos do Tejo que ocorrem no concelho da Chamusca encerram um importante conjunto de artefactos líticos, principalmente de quartzito. Durante a elaboração da presente Carta Arqueológica foram identificados 30 sítios paleolíticos, quer inéditos, resultantes dos trabalhos de prospeção, quer resultantes de anteriores trabalhos real...
Em 2019 foi descoberto um conjunto de 614 pegadas de dinossáurios nas camadas superiores da Formação Areia do Mastro (129 milhões de anos: Barremiano, Cretácico Inferior). Trata-se da primeira descoberta de pegadas de dinossáurios nesta formação, localizadas entre os sítios da Boca do Chapim e de Areia do Mastro, no extremo ocidental da península d...
No âmbito do projeto “Os Vertebrados do Cretácico Inferior do Cabo Espichel: o seu
contexto ibérico, caracterização paleobiológica e as implicações paleoambientais e
paleogeográficas”, em 2019, foi descoberto um conjunto de 614 pegadas de dinossáurios
nas camadas superiores da Formação Areia do Mastro (129 milhões de anos: Barremiano, Cretácico Inf...
We present a new tracksite with multiple dinosaur tracks from the lowermost Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of the Cape Espichel (Sesimbra, Portugal). The tracks are localized on three beds on the top carbonate beds of the Areia do Mastro Formation. Those bioclastic, nodular limestones were deposited in a very shallow subtidal-intertidal, restricted l...
In 2009, EFACEC requested a field work by a team of the Centro Português de Geo-história e Pré-história (CPGP) in an area where a wind farm was implanted. In this area, the presence of fossils had been identified in several limestones beds. From the research carried out in the field work, 17 layers of limestones and marls were characterized. Fossil...
New ornithopod remains are reported from the Papo-Seco Formation (Lower Barremian, Lower Cretaceous) at the Espichel Cape, western central Portugal, south of Lisboa. Marine, lagoonal and estuarine sedimentary rocks, consisting in limestones, marls, sandstones and conglomerates, have yielded fossil remains of dinosaurs and other vertebrates since th...
We present the exhibition and activities developed by Núcleo Museológico do Centro Português de Geo-História e Pré-História: NMCPGP (Museum Nucleus of the Portuguese Centre of Geo-History and Prehistory), founded in 2013 in a former primary school in the Portuguese town of Golegã. This nucleus resulted from a protocol signed between Centro Portuguê...
Abstract Molecular species identification plays a crucial role in archaeology and palaeontology, especially when diagnostic morphological characters are unavailable. Molecular markers have been used in forensic science to trace the geographic origin of wildlife products, such as ivory. So far, only a few studies have applied genetic methods to both...
This palaeontological study focuses on the sedimentology and palaeofauna of Areia do Mastro locale in Cabo Espichel (Sesimbra, south of Lisbon). Two main geological formations are identified in Areia do Mastro: the Areia do Mastro Formation and the Papo-Seco Formation. We report herein the fossilized vertebrate and invertebrate remains from the bas...
In his short joint ventures across the world of vertebrate tracks, Richard Bromley recognized the aeolian sands as unsuitable soft substrates for their preservation. Only after his work in the Balearic Islands, a more systematic study of coastal aeolianites worldwide revealed that these depositional systems could preserve a highly important record...
O registo paleontológico do Cabo Espichel é conhecido desde o século XIX. Na formação do Papo Seco, na jazida ad Boca do Chapim, foram encontrados dentes de dinossáurio e de crocodilo (Sauvage 1897, 1898). Mais tarde, restos de tartaruga e outros restos de crocodilo e de dinossáurios foram descritos. Alguns restos de dinossauro herbívoros também fo...
O registo paleontológico do Cabo Espichel é conhecido desde o século XIX. Na formação do Papo Seco, na jazida ad Boca do Chapim, foram encontrados dentes de dinossáurio e de crocodilo (Sauvage 1897, 1898). Mais tarde, restos de tartaruga e outros restos de crocodilo e de dinossáurios foram descritos. Alguns restos de dinossauro herbívoros também fo...
The authors have been undertaking comparison of the scientific records of the two important European rivers, Thames and Tejo, which share lower reaches with important evidence of hominin occupation during the Quaternary. Key differences are that the Thames also has an exemplary palaeontological record (largely lacking in the Tejo) and the Tejo has...
New vertebrate and invertebrate fossilized remains are reported herein from the basal deposits (marls, sands and gravels) of Papo-Seco Formation (Lower Barremian, Lower Cretaceous) Cabo Espichel (Sesimbra, south of Lisbon), in coordinates 38°24′50.8″N 9°13′20.8″W (fig. 1). Papo-Seco formation lies between Areias do Mastro Formation and Boca do Chap...
Fossil elephants are present in the sedimentary record of Portugal since the Miocene.
There are several remains of Pleistocene elephants in paleontological and archaeological sites (Sousa & Figueiredo, 2001; Figueiredo & Sousa, 2003; Figueiredo, 2012). These occurrences of Palaeoloxodon antiquus in Portugal, indicate that since Middle Pleistocene u...
New vertebrate and invertebrate fossilized remains are reported herein from the basal deposits (marls, sands and gravels) of Papo-Seco Formation (Lower Barremian, Lower Cretaceous) Cabo Espichel (Sesimbra, south of Lisbon), in coordinates 38°24′50.8″N 9°13′20.8″W (fig. 1). Papo-Seco formation lies between Areias do Mastro Formation and Boca do Chap...
Fossil elephants are present in the sedimentary record of Portugal since the Miocene.
There are several remains of Pleistocene elephants in paleontological and archaeological sites (Sousa & Figueiredo, 2001; Figueiredo & Sousa, 2003; Figueiredo, 2012). These occurrences of Palaeoloxodon antiquus in Portugal, indicate that since Middle Pleistocene u...
