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A MAMMALIAN fauna, consisting of 14 specimens, has been collected from the small Guimarota coal pit, near Leira. The age has been determined as Kimmeridgian by means of the ostracods and characeans. The pit is still in operation and it seems possible to obtain a good fauna, qualitatively as well as quantitatively. A typical coal swamp fauna has been encountered. Lamellibranchs, gastropods, and ostracods are frequently found; the holostean genus Lepidotus is well represented by scales. Carapace fragments of turtles are less frequently found. Crocodiles predominate numerically, with many shed teeth and scutes. Many lizard jaws have been collected, as well as a few shed teeth of dinosaurs.
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KÜHNE, W. A Mammalian Fauna from the Kimmeridgian of Portugal. Nature 192, 274–275 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/192274a0
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