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Lourinhã e Atalaia, Lourinhã, Lisbon, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Lourinhã e AtalaiaParish
LourinhãMunicipality
LisbonDistrict
PortugalCountry

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PlacePopulation
Lourinhã9,196 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
398104
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:398104:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
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Portuguese:
Lourinhã e Atalaia, Lourinhã, Lisboa, Portugal


Lourinhã e Atalaia (officially: União das Freguesias de Lourinhã e Atalaia) is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Lourinhã, with an area of 46.48 km² and 12,342 inhabitants (2021 census).
It was established in 2013 as part of a national administrative reform, through the merger of the former parishes of Lourinhã and Atalaia. The seat of the new parish is located in Lourinhã, the more populated of the two original parishes (Wikipedia).

See Museu da Lourinhã

List of minerals for each chemical element

Fossils

There are 16 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences35
Youngest Fossil Listed140 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed157 Ma (Jurassic)
Stratigraphic UnitsClick here to view 6 stratigraphic units.
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Gastropoda
class
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Osteichthyes
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Lepidotes
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Lepisosteiformes : Lepidotes155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Crocodylia
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Machimosaurus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Machimosaurus155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Theropoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda157.3 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Ornithopoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Ornithopoda157.3 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Stegosauria
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Stegosauria157.3 - 140.2 Ma
Mesozoic
Dinosauria
order
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Thyreophora
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Thyreophora150.8 - 140.2 Ma
Mesozoic
Dacentrurus armatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Stegosauridae : Dacentrurus : Dacentrurus armatus155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Tetrapoda
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Tetrapoda155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Crocodyliformes
suborder
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Crocodyliformes155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Abelisauridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Abelisauridae157.3 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Plantae
kingdom
Plantae155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Testudines
order
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Titanosauriformes
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Titanosauriformes152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Lourinhanosaurus antunesi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Lourinhanosaurus : Lourinhanosaurus antunesi155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Draconyx loureiroi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Draconyx : Draconyx loureiroi152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Camarasauridae : Lourinhasaurus : Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis157.3 - 152.1 Ma
Jurassic
Lusotitan atalaiensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Brachiosauridae : Lusotitan : Lusotitan atalaiensis155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Pteraichnus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Pteraichnidae : Pteraichnus155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Allosaurus europaeus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Allosauridae : Allosaurus : Allosaurus europaeus155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Selenemys lusitanica
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Pleurosternidae : Selenemys : Selenemys lusitanica155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Kuehneodon dietrichi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Plagiaulacidae : Kuehneodon : Kuehneodon dietrichi155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Protocardia (Protocardia)
subgenus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : Protocardia : Protocardia (Protocardia)155.7 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
Torvosaurus gurneyi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Megalosauridae : Torvosaurus : Torvosaurus gurneyi152.1 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic
Eousdryosaurus
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Dryosauridae : Eousdryosaurus155.7 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 16 fossil localities

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