Broadford Beds Formation
| Broadford Beds Formation Stratigraphic range: Sinemurian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Lias Group |
| Underlies | Pabay Shale Formation |
| Overlies | Triassic rocks |
| Thickness | 50 to 100 m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone, Mudstone, Sandstone, Siltstone |
| Location | |
| Region | Hebrides |
| Country |
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The Broadford Beds Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in western Scotland. An indeterminate partial tibia of a theropod dinosaur are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation [1][2]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ↑ Benton, M. J.; Martill, D. M.; Taylor, M. A. (1995-11-01). "The first Lower Jurassic dinosaur from Scotland: limb bone of a ceratosaur theropod from Skye". Scottish Journal of Geology. 31 (2): 177–182. doi:10.1144/sjg31020177. ISSN 0036-9276.
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.
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