Dinosaurs found in
Portugal
24 kinds of dinosaur have been found in Portugal, from 58 recorded finds. The best known are Allosaurus, Iguanodon and Baryonyx.
Most of the fossils come from the Lourinhã Formation, the Alcobaça Formation, the Papo Seco Formation, the Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Formation and the Freixial Formation.
Where the fossils were found
From the field
Famous dinosaurs from Portugal
Morrison Fm. · named 1877
Allosaurus
9.5 mCarnivoreLate Jurassic
Weald Clay Fm. · named 1825
Iguanodon
10 mHerbivoreEarly Cretaceous
Papo Seco Fm. · named 1986
Baryonyx
9 mCarnivoreEarly Cretaceous
Alcobaça Fm. · named 1861
Compsognathus
1 mCarnivoreLate Jurassic
Morrison Fm. · named 1884
Ceratosaurus
6 mCarnivoreLate Jurassic
Morrison Fm. · named 1979
Torvosaurus
10 mCarnivoreLate Jurassic
Wessex Fm. · named 1870
Hypsilophodon
2.3 mHerbivoreLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Villar del Arzobispo Fm. · named 1902
Dacentrurus
6 mHerbivoreLate Jurassic
