The Cabeço da Ladeira paleontological site in central Portugal became known as the “Jurassic Beach”. Formerly an active quarry, the site was protected in order to preserve the large exposures of a Middle Jurassic (early? Bajocian) carbonate tidal flat with an outstanding fossil record. This multidisciplinary paleontological work involving experts from several national and international research and geoconservat...
Abstract: The Cabeço da Ladeira paleontological site in central Portugal became known as the “Jurassic Beach”. Formerly an active quarry, the site was protected in order to preserve the large exposures of a Middle Jurassic (early? Bajocian) carbonate tidal flat with an outstanding fossil record. This multidisciplinary paleontological work involving experts from several national and international research and ge...
The Cabeço da Ladeira paleontological site in central Portugal became known as the “Jurassic Beach”. Formerly an active quarry, the site was protected in order to preserve the large exposures of a Middle Jurassic (early? Bajocian) carbonate tidal flat with an outstanding fossil record. This multidisciplinary paleontological work involving experts from several national and international research and geoconservat...
Ichnology is a powerful tool for understanding the evolutionary paths of animal clades, through the paleobiology of behavior preserved in Lagerstätten such as the Cabeço da Ladeira (Portugal) site. Here, the peritidal carbonates of the Chão das Pias Formation (Middle Jurassic, upper Bajocian) record the development of microbial mats in a tidal flat. Episodically, the flat was expanded during periods of equinoct...
O presente trabalho pretende descrever o processo de intervenção no geossítio Equinodermes do Cabeço da Ladeira, concelho de Porto de Mós. Este local foi assim classificado por conter fósseis de equinodermes detentores de importância científica significativa, merecendo especial atenção e medidas de preservação. Expõem-se os passos tomados desde a sua identificação até às ações mais recentes, que envolveram a in...
O presente trabalho pretende descrever o processo de intervenção no geossítio Equinodermes do Cabeço da Ladeira, concelho de Porto de Mós. Este local foi assim classificado por conter fósseis de equinodermes detentores de importância científica significativa, merecendo especial atenção e medidas de preservação. Expõem-se os passos tomados desde a sua identificação ate às ações mais recentes, que envolveram a in...