Earth:Lealt Shale

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Short description: Geologic formation in Skye, Scotland
Lealt Shale Formation
Stratigraphic range: Bathonian
Lealt Shale Lava.jpg
Thinly bedded limestones of the Lealt Shale formation overlain by Paleogene lava
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofGreat Estuarine Group
Sub-unitsKildonnan Member, Lonfearn Member
UnderliesValtos Sandstone Formation
OverliesElgol Sandstone Formation
ThicknessBetween 45 and 50 m
Lithology
PrimaryMudstone
OtherLimestone
Location
RegionEurope
Country Scotland
ExtentInner Hebrides
Type section
Named forLealt, Skye
Named byHarris and Hudson
LocationCliffs east of Lonfearn (partial), Coastal exposure 2.5 km north of Kildonnan, Eigg (partial)
Year defined1980
Thickness at type sectionLonfearn: 26 to 30 m (partial) Kildonnan: 23 m (partial)

The Lealt Shale Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic formation in Scotland. Fossil ornithopod , theropod and stegosaur tracks, a theropod dinosaur tooth and the pterosaur Dearc have been reported from the formation.[1][2][3] The lithology consists of silty fissile mudstones with subordinate thin limestones.[4]

See also

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
    • List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
      • Ornithopod tracks

Footnotes

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. Young, Chloe M. E.; Hendrickx, Christophe; Challands, Thomas J.; Foffa, Davide; Ross, Dugald A.; Butler, Ian B.; Brusatte, Stephen L. (May 2019). "New theropod dinosaur teeth from the Middle Jurassic of the Isle of Skye, Scotland". Scottish Journal of Geology 55 (1): 7–19. doi:10.1144/sjg2018-020. ISSN 0036-9276. http://sjg.lyellcollection.org/lookup/doi/10.1144/sjg2018-020. 
  3. dePolo, Paige E.; Brusatte, Stephen L.; Challands, Thomas J.; Foffa, Davide; Wilkinson, Mark; Clark, Neil D. L.; Hoad, Jon; Pereira, Paulo Victor Luiz Gomes da Costa et al. (2020-03-11). Fiorillo, Anthony R.. ed. "Novel track morphotypes from new tracksites indicate increased Middle Jurassic dinosaur diversity on the Isle of Skye, Scotland" (in en). PLOS ONE 15 (3): e0229640. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0229640. ISSN 1932-6203. 
  4. "Lealt Shale Formation". https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=LASH. 

References

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN:0-520-24209-2.