Lossiemouth Sandstone

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Lossiemouth Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: CarnianRhaetian
~237–201.3  Ma
Type Geological formation
Unit of New Red Sandstone Supergroup
Underlies Stotfield Cherty Rock Formation
Overlies Burghead Sandstone Formation or unconformably on Devonian beds
Thicknessup to 30 m (98 ft)
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Location
Coordinates 57°42′N3°18′W / 57.7°N 3.3°W / 57.7; -3.3
Approximate paleocoordinates 34°00′N0°54′W / 34.0°N 0.9°W / 34.0; -0.9
Region Moray Firth
CountryFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Type section
Named for Lossiemouth
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Lossiemouth Sandstone (the United Kingdom)
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Lossiemouth Sandstone (Scotland)

The Lossiemouth Sandstone is a Middle to Late Triassic (Ladinian to 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]

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Fossil content

Vertebrates reported from the Lossiemouth Sandstone
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
Dasygnathoides D. longidensNomen dubium
Erpetosuchus E. grantiA Pseudosuchian
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Hyperodapedon H. gordoniA rhynchosaur
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Leptopleuron L. lacertinumA procolophonid
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Ornithosuchus O. woodwardiAn ornithosuchid
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O. tayloriJunior synonym of O. woodwardi
Saltopus [3] S. elginensis [3] "Partial postcranial skeleton" [3] A dinosauriform previously classified as a specimen of Leptopleuron
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Scleromochlus S. tayloriA possible avemetatarsalian
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Stagonolepis S. robertsoniAn aetosaur
Restorations of Stagonolepis robertsoni, after skeletal by Hartman, 2016.jpg
Telerpeton T. elginenseJunior synonym of Leptopleuron

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References

  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.

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