Lealt Shale
Lealt Shale Formation Stratigraphic range: Bathonian | |
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![]() 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 |
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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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