Ponta do Trovão (Thunder´s Tip) - Peniche/Leiria/Portugal
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RuiJSDuarte
N 39° 22.254 W 009° 23.088
29S E 466854 N 4358007
A Fossils locations in Peniche.
Waymark Code: WMX4GJ
Location: Leiria, Portugal
Date Posted: 11/26/2017
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The fossiliferous content in the zone of the GZ is high and it has as fossil constitutions in the majority: belemnites.
The belemnites are "fossils of age", that is to say that allows us to date the rocks in the determined periods.
These fossils are found in the rocks which mainly characterize the Triassic.
They were carnivorous animals that had a soft body around an inner shell (rostrum - the part of the animal's body that could fossilize more easily) and lived in the water, they were very similar to our squids.
They emerged in the Carboniferous period as a result of a long process of evolution. They were efficient hunters of small fish and other small marine animals, the belemnites used their tentacles to catch the prey, and ate them with their jaws in the form of a beak.
Unlike modern squid, they had hooks instead of suction cups. The belemnites were more common of the beginning of the Jurassic period until the end of the Cretaceous period.
What kinds of fossils are found here:
Mostly Belemnite and some ammonite
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