The Montejunto Formation is an Oxfordian geologic formation in Portugal. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Montejunto Formation
Stratigraphic range: Oxfordian
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesAlcobaça Formation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherMudstone
Location
Coordinates39°30′N 9°12′W / 39.5°N 9.2°W / 39.5; -9.2
Approximate paleocoordinates33°42′N 1°36′E / 33.7°N 1.6°E / 33.7; 1.6
Country Portugal
ExtentLusitanian Basin
Montejunto Formation is located in Portugal
Montejunto Formation
Montejunto Formation (Portugal)

Fossil content

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References

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  1. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

Bibliography

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  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21