🇵🇹 Portugal

Brontopodus

201 Ma

Dinosaurs Ichnogenus 10 occ.

Dacentrurus

155 Ma

Dinosaurs Valid 7 occ.

Allosaurus

162 Ma

Dinosaurs Valid 6 occ.

Anomoepus

237 Ma

Dinosaurs Ichnogenus 5 occ.

Deltapodus

175 Ma

Dinosaurs Ichnogenus Formal taxon 5 occ.

Dinehichnus

162 Ma

Dinosaurs Ichnogenus 5 occ.

Torvosaurus: Beast of the Week

bone Dinosauria Germany Jurassic Late Jurassic +4

Today we are going to look at a huge Jurassic predatory dinosaur, Torvosaurus tanneri!  Torvosaurus lived about 150 million years ago during the Late Jurassic period. Its bones have been unearthed in Colorado, USA, Portugal, and possibly Germany (Europe and North America were not as vastly separated back then, remember, so a lot of the dinosaurs on each of them from that time shared recent ancestors).  From nose to tail it measured up to 36 feet (about 11m) and would have been among the largest,

08/02/2026 prehistoricbeastoftheweek

New Neanderthal footprints in Portugal reveal a life we never expected

behavior hunting Portugal tracks

Footprints preserved on ancient dunes show Neanderthals actively navigating, hunting, and living along Portugal’s coastline. Their behavior and diet suggest a far more adaptable and socially complex population than once assumed.

13/11/2025 sciencedaily-human-evo

Ceratosaurus: Beast of the Week

Ceratosauria Dinosauria Jurassic Late Jurassic Portugal +2

This week we shall be looking at a popular meat-eater with some truly unique features.  Enter Ceratosaurus!Watercolor life reconstruction of Ceratosaurus nascornis eating the ancient lungfish, Ceratodus robustus by Christopher DiPiazza. Ceratosaurus was a meat-eating dinosaur that lived during the late Jurassic period, about 150 million years ago, in what is now the United States, specifically Utah and Colorado.  Bones thought to be from Ceratosaurus have also been unearthed in Portugal.  As an

14/07/2025 prehistoricbeastoftheweek

Aviatyrannis

Aviatyrannis Coelurosauria Dinosauria

Barremian Berriasian description

Alcobaça Argentina Chile

Lusonectes

drawing Lusonectes Portugal

Plesiopharos

bone Jurassic Plesiopharos

Coelurosauria Portugal