Re: GUIMAROTA HABITAT QUESTION

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GSPaul wrote:
 
> Schudack (1993 Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen 9:211-231)
described
> the Late Jurassic Guimarota habitat as being swampy. Interesting since
> Archaeopteryx type teeth are found there. Has anyone translated this
paper to
> see if tall trees were present in the habitat? 

        Archaeopteryx type teeth at Guimarota????? Where and when was it
published?? Was that described in the paper of Schudack? 

        The Division and Family of the trees known at Guimarota are (Van Erve &
Mohr, 1988):
CYCADOPHYTA: Cycadaceae and Bennettitaceae.
CONIFEROPHYTA: Araucariaceae, Cheirolepidiaceae, Cupressaceae, Taxaceae?,
Pinaceae and Taxodiaceae.
GINKGOPHYTA: Ginkgoaceae.

Ref:
VAN ERVE, A. & MOHR, B. (1988). Palynological investigations of the Late
Jurassic microflora from the vertebrate locality Guimarota coal mine
(Leiria, Central Portugal). N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Mn. 4: 246-262.


        See also

Brauckmann (1978), Geologica et Palaeontologica, 12:213-222.

                Octávio Mateus

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