Tag Archive for 'Portugal'

The view towards the east from the Carregal do Sal megalithic cluster, at dawn at the end of April around 4,000 BC, as reconstructed using a Digital Elevation Model and Stellarium. Aldebaran, the last star to rise before the Sun, is rising directly above Serra da Estrela, the ‘mountain range of the star.’ Image credit: Fabio Silva.

Iberian Megalithic Tombs: 6,000-Year-Old Lensless Telescopes?

Jun 30, 2016 by News Staff

A team of astronomers from the UK is exploring what might be described as the first astronomical observing tool, potentially used by humans around 4,000...

Reconstruction of Metoposaurus algarvensis. Image credit: Marc Boulay / Cossima Productions.

Metoposaurus algarvensis: Fossils of Giant Salamander-Like Amphibian Found in Portugal

Mar 24, 2015 by News Staff

A team of scientists led by Dr Steve Brusatte of the University of Edinburgh, UK, has discovered a new species of metoposaurus that lived in lakes and...

Portugalophis lignites in a gingko tree. Image credit: Julius Csotonyi.

Paleontologists Find World’s Oldest Known Snake Fossils

Jan 28, 2015 by News Staff

A team of paleontologists led by Prof Michael Caldwell of the University of Alberta, Canada, has found the fossilized remains of four ancient legged snakes...

Torvosaurus gurneyi. Image credit: © Sergey Krasovskiy.

Torvosaurus gurneyi: New Giant Dinosaur Discovered in Portugal

Mar 6, 2014 by News Staff

Two paleontologists from Portugal have described a new species of giant dinosaur that lived in what is today Europe during the Jurassic period, about 150...