Earth:Lossiemouth Sandstone
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| Lossiemouth Sandstone Stratigraphic range: Carnian–Rhaetian ~237–201.3 Ma | |
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| 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 |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 34°00′N 0°54′W / 34.0°N 0.9°W |
| Region | Moray Firth |
| Country |  Scotland |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Lossiemouth |
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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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Dasygnathoides | D. longidens | Nomen dubium | ||||
| Erpetosuchus | E. granti | A Pseudosuchian |  | |||
| 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 previously classified as a specimen of Leptopleuron |  | ||
| Scleromochlus | S. taylori | A possible avemetatarsalian |  | |||
| Stagonolepis | S. robertsoni | An aetosaur |  | |||
| Telerpeton | T. elginense | Junior synonym of Leptopleuron | ||||
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
- 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". http://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=LMSF.
- ↑ Weishampel et al., 2004, "Dinosaur distribution." pp.517-607
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Table 2.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 26.
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN:0-520-24209-2
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
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