Issue Date | 04.05.20015 |
ID | Michel: Scott: Stanley Gibbons: Yvert: UPU: N/A Category: pR |
Author | Fernando Correia |
Stamps in set | 4 self-adhesive ATM labels |
Value | Ceratosaurus Allosaurus europaeus, Torvosaurus gurneyi, |
Size (width x height) | 55x30 mm |
Layout | stripe of 3 self adhesive labels |
Products | FDC x3 Presentation Pack x1 |
Paper | |
Perforation | none |
Print Technique | Offset |
Printed by | Litho Formas Portuguesa, Portugal |
Quantity | N/A |
Issuing Authority | CTT Correios de Portugal |
stamps of Portugal 2015 | ||||||||
Year
of issue |
Correio normal (regular mail) | Correio Azul (priority mail) | ||||||
Domestic, up to 20 g. |
Domestic, up to 100 g. |
Spain, up to 20 g. |
Europe, except Spain, up to 20 g. |
Rest
of the world,
up to 20 g. |
Domestic, up to 20 g |
International up to 20 g. |
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2015 | €0.45 | €0.60 | €0.62 | €0.72 | €0.80 | €0.55 | €2.35 |
Torvosaurus gurneyi named in honor of the
famous American paleoartist James Gurney –
creator of the utopic world of Dinotopia, who also designed dinosaur
stamps for USA in 1997
and Australia 2013
Torvosaurus
is the largest land predator that lived in Portugal and throughout
Europe. His skull average is more than a meter long and a whole would
weigh
between 4-5
tons and was abiot 10m long. Despite its colossal size, also know it
is their embryos, rare
findings that
can be seen at the Museum of Lourinhã. Om March 2014, Sky-News reported about two paleontologists from Portugal who described a new species of giant dinosaur. Fossilized bones of this dinosaur were unearthed from the Lourinha Formation near Lisbon, Portugal. They were originally believed to be Torvosaurus tanneri, a dinosaur species that lived in what is now North America during Jurassic, 153 to 148 million years ago. But closer comparison of the shin bone, upper jawbone, teeth, and partial tail vertebrae suggest to the paleontologists that it may be a previously unknown Torvosaurus species. The number of teeth, as well as size and shape of the mouth, may differentiate the European and the American Torvosaurus. The fossil of the upper jaw of Torvosaurus tanneri has 11 or more teeth, while Torvosaurus gurneyi has fewer than 11, and the mouth bones have a different shape and structure. Fossilised remains of other closely related dinosaurs suggest Torvosaurus gurneyi may have been covered with "protofeathers" – the precursors of bird feathers. “With a skull of 1.15 m, Torvosaurus gurneyi was however one of the largest terrestrial carnivores at this epoch, and an active predator that hunted other large dinosaurs, as evidenced by blade shape teeth up to 10 cm.” said lead author Dr Christophe Hendrickx from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa and the Museu da Lourinha, Portugal. |
Ceratosaurus ,
was a large predatory theropod dinosaur, about
5-7 meters long and weighed up to 980 kilograms, from the
Late Jurassic Period (about 150
million years ago), found in the Morrison Formation of North America,
and the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal. In Portugal,
there are no known element of his skull. Still, it is known that the
anatomy of various elements of the members are
very similar to those known in North America. It was characterized by
large
jaws with blade-like teeth, a large, blade-like horn on the snout and a
pair of hornlets over the eyes. The forelimbs were powerfully built but
very short. A row of small armors was present down the middle
of the
back. |
Finally, one of the great predators best known in Portugal: the Allosaurus (appeared on stamps from 1999-2002 too). It is known the skull, teeth, vertebrae and many other elements of its skeleton. Its also lived in North America, however, there are some differences between American and the Portuguese species who have been justified by some experts. |
Stamps variations (long set, all possible values) | Blank labels (distingushed from 1999, with stamp number in roll on the back) |
Maxi Cards | Commemorative booklet |
Used covers | FDC canceled with postmark of Lourinha |
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