Lossiemouth Sandstone
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]
| Lossiemouth Sandstone Stratigraphic range: Carnian–Norian ~235–206 Ma | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 57.7°N 3.3°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 34.0°N 0.9°W |
| Region | Moray Firth |
| Country |  Scotland |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Lossiemouth |
  Lossiemouth Sandstone (the United Kingdom)  Lossiemouth Sandstone (Scotland) | |
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 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
- "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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