75 artigos/papers The aim of the present paper is to review Triassic theropod records from Europe, in terms of the taxo- nomic validity of named species, and the stra- tigraphical distribution of theropod remains in the European Triassic, to determine the first appear- ance and taxonomic diversity of theropod dinosaurs in the Upper Triassic of Europe. GAIA Nº 15, LISBOA/LISBON, DEZEMBRO/DECEMBER 1998, pp. 75-88 (ISSN: 0871-5424) E-mail: oliver.rauhut@rz.hu-berlin.de