Broadford Beds Formation

Broadford Beds Formation
Stratigraphic range: Sinemurian ~196–190  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Lias Group
Underlies	Pabay Shale Formation
Overlies	Triassic rocks
Thickness	50–100 metres (160–330 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Limestone, mudstone, sandstone, siltstone
Location
Coordinates	57°42′N5°42′W / 57.7°N 5.7°W / 57.7; -5.7
Approximate paleocoordinates	43°24′N1°54′W / 43.4°N 1.9°W / 43.4; -1.9
Region	Hebrides
Country	Scotland
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The Broadford Beds Formation is a Sinemurian 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

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

References

1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
2. 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. Bibcode:1995ScJG...31..177B. doi:10.1144/sjg31020177. ISSN   0036-9276.

Bibliography

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.  ISBN   0-520-24209-2.