Lossiemouth Sandstone
Appearance
Lossiemouth Sandstone | |
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Stratigraphic range: Carnian–Norian ~ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | New Red Sandstone Supergroup |
Underlies | Stotfield Cherty Rock Formation |
Overlies | Burghead Sandstone Formation or unconformably on Devonian beds |
Thickness | up to 30 m (98 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 57°42′N 3°18′W / 57.7°N 3.3°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 34°00′N 0°54′W / 34.0°N 0.9°W |
Region | Moray Firth |
Country | ![]() |
Type section | |
Named for | Lossiemouth |
The Lossiemouth Sandstone is a Middle to Late Triassic (Ladinian to Norian) age geological formation. It is exposed on the south side of the Moray Firth near Lossiemouth and near Golspie in Sutherland.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
Fossil content
Vertebrates reported from the Lossiemouth Sandstone | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Dasygnathoides | D. longidens | Nomen dubium | ||||
Erpetosuchus | E. granti | A Crurotarsan | ||||
Hyperodapedon | H. gordoni | A rhynchosaur | ||||
Leptopleuron | L. lacertinum | A procolophonid | ||||
Ornithosuchus | O. woodwardi | An ornithosuchid | ||||
O. taylori | Junior synonym of O. woodwardi | |||||
Saltopus[3] | S. elginensis[3] | "Partial postcranial skeleton"[3] | A dinosauriform | |||
Scleromochlus | S. taylori | An avemetatarsalian | ||||
Stagonolepis | S. robertsoni | An aetosaur | ||||
Telerpeton | T. elginense | Junior synonym of Leptopleuron |
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Scotland
- Ischigualasto Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin, Argentina
- Candelária Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Paraná Basin in southeastern Brazil
- Molteno Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Karoo Basin in southern Africa
- Fremouw Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Antarctica
References
- ^ British Geological Survey. "Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units.
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, "Dinosaur distribution." pp.517-607
- ^ a b c "Table 2.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 26.
Bibliography
Further reading
- M. J. Benton and P. S. Spencer. 1995. Fossil Reptiles of Great Britain. Chapman & Hall, London 1-386
- R. L. Paton. 1975. A Catalogue of Fossil Vertebrates in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. Part Four / Amphibia & Reptilia. Royal Scottish Museum Information Series. Geology 5 1-38
- G. Tresise and W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1997. The Tracks of Triassic Vertebrates: Fossil Evidence from North-West England. 1-204