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This was possibly the most impressive museum I’ve ever been to. I thought I would only be there 15 minutes tops...until you find all of the specimens that are waiting for you inside. 2 hours fly by in a blink of an eye...awesome experience.
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So as I said before in my other Portugal threads, I unfortunately didn’t have any luck with finding any dinosaur fossil material, however I did come across some interesting things more modern..much more modern. These may not be of interest to all, but most, or all these are modern. I still thought they were interesting and I’m still not sure on what they are, so I figured I would post them for feedback. This tooth below was the most interesting. I took it over to my buddy paleontologist David Parris over at Trenton State Museum and he identified it as a horse tooth. It could be more on the modern side..but he said it doesn’t look too, too modern because there is some mineralization on the tooth. Said it could possibly even be from plesitocene.
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Okay everyone got some more stuff for you.. As I said before Portugal was an awesome trip.
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Would be happy to trade these ammonites from the Portuguese Jurassic Basin for another ammonite
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Occasionally we see dinosaur material from Portugal for sale, mostly theropod teeth, but I post this because the dinosaurs of the Lourinhã Group are very interesting to those of us that are familiar with the Morrison Formation. Information here may help us identify teeth from the Morisson From an abstract: The Lourinhã and Alcobaça formations (in Portugal), Morrison Formation (in North America) an Tendaguru Beds (in Tanzania) can be compared. These three Late Jurassic areas, dated as Kimmeridgian to Tithonian are similar paleoenvironmentally and faunally. Four dinosaur genera are shared between Portugal and the Morrison (Allosaurus, Torvosaurus, Ceratosaurus and Apatosaurus), as well as all non-avian dinosaur families. Late Jurassic Map Portugal has a high diversity of dinosaurs. The Lourinhã Formation is the most notable unit of the group not only noted for teeth & bones but eggs and trackways. The Alcobaça Formation is also included in the group. Here is a geologic look at westcentral Portugal. The coastline is absolutly beautiful and a challenge to collect. Teeth, tracks and bones are typically found in the boulders making extraction a nightmare. Lourhina Fm.pdf
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a) What is this rock, please? b ) And this one? Thanks in advance. Miguel
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Another member of the forum generously helped me out with some suggestions. Just looking some final opinions before I finalize for the trip. Next week I’m going to Portugal and looking to possibly find some jurassic dinosaur material. I was thinking of going to Torres Vedras or Peniche for that. I was also told Lourinha Museum was a must see. Looking forward to that. To see footprints, I heard the saurpod track trail at Cabo Espichel is pretty cool too. Anybody have any other suggestions? Especially on where to find Jurassic dinosaur material, and the best way of getting to the places mentioned above?
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Nektobenthic carnivore, purchased via auction.
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I any ideas on this set of small fossil from Torres Vedras, Portugal. They on a website for sale Thank you cheers Bobby
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Whats would be the ID of this sauropod tooth its form Lourinhã formation.
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From the album: Dinosaurs and Reptiles
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From the album: Fossils
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Hello from Lisboa, the capital of Portugal. Just arrived and learning from the forum. I´m a fossil amateur collector.
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Saw this on the NEWS. Frilled Shark, caught off of Portugal. Interesting teeth. Does anyone have any of these teeth fossil or otherwise?
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Hi, i post that topic because i'm worried about Guguita and his mother Cheyenne. As you know, there were two series of huge blazes in Portugal, the last one in September, with a lot of dead (more than a hundred). I tried to have news from them since october, but no answer. I saw on their profile that Guguita posted at the beginning of September. I hope they didn't have trouble, so i wondered if one of you had news about them. Thank you all. Regards, Sophie.
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Hello, I found this tooth in a jurassic formation (tithonian) in Torres Vedras - Portugal. It's the first time I found a tooth like this. I don't know if it's croc or maybe pliosaurus?
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Hello, I need help to identify this tooth, found by me in a Jurassic formation in Portugal. My first thought it's Pterosaur. I wait for your opinions. The tooth have 1cm. Thanks, Filipe
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Hello guys. These gigantic gastropods (?) were found 30 years ago near Lisbon. In a dry river. Not too much geological information to provide. The green mineral was found adjacent to the specimens. The three specimens where meters apart ones from the others. They have a brown/orange/white mineral associated in some parts. Can anyone help with the ID, please? Thanks in advance, Miguel P.S.: the Calymenid is just part of the same collection and it is, of course, from Morocco. No relation with the other fossils.
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Hello Everyone! I (and my wife) just found this great forum, and we are happy to be here! My name is Bob, and my wife is Carmo; we are in our mid-50's and live in the beautiful north of Portugal. I am originally from the USA, and she is Portuguese, though she mainly grew up in South Africa. We recently became interested in fossils, and fossil hunting, simply through Youtube videos that we had seen, believe it or not. From there, we have been doing our own online research, and becoming more and more fascinated and amazed at the subject. Excitedly, we found a Trilobite for sale at a souvenir type shop. It came with no information whatsoever, but I believe (from what I see online) that it is from the genus Calymene and family Frontosa? I am enclosing a photo of the little fella, in case anyone can confirm this identification, or has a more accurate one. (hmmm...could not get the photos to upload, even though they are only 349 kb each...will try again later). We would love to get in touch with anyone in the area of northern Portugal, to exchange information, or possibly go on fossil hunts together. We lived only about an hour from the beautiful and bountiful area of Valongo; rich with Trilobites (so we hear). We plan to go there this Friday, for our first "experimental" hunt. Thanks very much for this forum, and we look forward to visiting it very often! Best Regards, Carmo and Bob
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This one is from Arouca, Portugal and it seems an Harpidae. Someone knows the correct ID, please? Thanks in advance, Miguel
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From the album: Fossil Collection
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Hello everyone! I'm new here so please forgive me for making any mistakes or for not thoroughly reading through other topics/sections before posting here. I went to Portugal with my family almost 3 years ago and came across a few interesting sea shells on top of the cliff leading down to the beach. I'm always intrigued and fascinated by things which have a lot of age or have a story to tell. Can anyone say or estimate how old some of these shells/fossils are? Some look a lot older than others. Edit : So it only seems to allow me to upload up to 3.95MB. One image alone is 3.5MB. Will post again with the other pictures.
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Dear microfossil hunting colleagues, in a sq-inch on the seafloor and the water column above dozens or thousands of microorganisms usually live and lived. In fossil rocks and samples microfossils if present do not come alone but as an assemblage of different species and many specimens. These assemblages represent the environment in which the specimens lived. Besides of the micro-organisms living on the sea-ground there maybe many planktonic ones living in the water column above. When they die, their shell/remnants sink to the seafloor and intermingle with the remnants of those, who lived on the bottom. Please find in the image an example of my work on a Miocene sample from Quelfes, Portugal. It is just a start as many more species can be found in this material. Nonetheless is already tells the story of a nearshore Miocene and nutrient rich environment. I strongly recommend you to work on your samples likewise. WORK ON THE ASSEMBLAGE ! It is the true fossil record. Picking just the big, nice looking specimens is a man-made fabricate, which gives a misleading idea about, what is really there. Respect nature as it is and appears. Get a microcell with 10 or more holes and put the assemblage sorted by morphology in it. Then you have a true picture of the assemblage, environment, and geological time of the material. Have fun with your assemblages ! Foram-Mike
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