Octávio Mateus

Theropod vertebra from the Late Triassic of Algarve, Portugal – evidence of the oldest Iberian dinosaur

The vertebrate fauna of the Late Triassic of Portugal has been poorly understood until recently, when new studies reported a rich environment shared by aquatic fauna, such as metoposaurids, mastodonsaurids, placodonts, phytosaurs and fishes. However, no fully non-aquatic vertebrates were known until now. A dorsal verte...