Kildonan Trackway Site 1: Ladinian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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Isochirotherium herculis
(Egerton 1839)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Chirotherium herculis | ||||||||||
Trackway with 10 footprints | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland |
Coordinates: | 55.4° North, 5.1° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 17.9° North, 6.5° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
Stage: | Ladinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
Key time interval: | Ladinian | ||
Age range of interval: | 242.00000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Mercia Mudstone | Formation: | Auchenhew Mudstone | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Updated using BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units to replace Auchenhew Beds. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified mudstone |
Lithology description: Intertidal and tidal-flat facies with halite pseudomorphs within sandstones, siltstones and mudstones comprise the majority of the succession. Bimodal palaeocurrents, symmetrical ripples, flaser and wavy bedforms are common. Trace fossils are also commonly found. | |
Environment: | peritidal |
Geology comments: Arid conditions with some marine influence. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | trace |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: In collection of the Arran Heritage Museum |
Metadata
Database number: | 181938 | ||
Authorizer: | A. McGowan | Enterer: | A. McGowan |
Modifier: | A. McGowan | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2016-10-08 14:00:05 | Last modified: | 2016-10-08 14:06:14 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-10-08 14:00:05 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
60516. | N. D. L. Clark and H. Corrance. 2009. New discoveries of Isochirotherium herculis (Egerton 1838) and a reassessment of chirotheriid footprints from the Triassic of the Isle of Arran, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology 45:69-82 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan] |