Lealt Shale
| Lealt Shale Formation Stratigraphic range: Bathonian | |
|---|---|
 Thinly bedded limestones of the Lealt Shale formation overlain by Paleogene lava | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Great Estuarine Group |
| Sub-units | Kildonnan Member, Lonfearn Member |
| Underlies | Valtos Sandstone Formation |
| Overlies | Elgol Sandstone Formation |
| Thickness | Between 45 and 50 m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Mudstone |
| Other | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | Europe |
| Country |
 |
| Extent | Inner Hebrides |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Lealt, Skye |
| Named by | Harris and Hudson |
| Location | Cliffs east of Lonfearn (partial), Coastal exposure 2.5 km north of Kildonnan, Eigg (partial) |
| Year defined | 1980 |
| Thickness at type section | Lonfearn: 26 to 30 m (partial) Kildonnan: 23 m (partial) |
The Lealt Shale Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in Scotland. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1] The lithology consists of silty fissile mudstones with subordinate thin limestones.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
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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