Lossiemouth Sandstone

Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ladinian–Norian
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
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Location
Region Moray Firth
Country Scotland
Type section
Named for Lossiemouth

The Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation is a Late Triassic (Ladinian–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]

Paleofauna

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

Footnotes

  1. ↑ British Geological Survey. "Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units.
  2. ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  3. 1 2 3 "Table 2.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 26.

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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