| Lossiemouth Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Carnian–Rhaetian ~237–201.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
| 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 / 57.7; -3.3 |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 34°00′N 0°54′W / 34.0°N 0.9°W / 34.0; -0.9 |
| 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. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Fossil content
| Vertebrates reported from the Lossiemouth Sandstone | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Dasygnathoides | D. longidens | Nomen dubium | ||||
| Brachyrhinodon | B. taylori | A rhynchocephalian |  | |||
| 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 | S. elginensis | "Partial postcranial skeleton" | 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 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
- ^ "Table 2.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 26.
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 21 February 2019
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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