Corse Hill Quarry (Triassic of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Corsehill

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.2° N, 3.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 1.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Triassic (237.0 - 201.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone and red claystone

• "sandstone beds interstratified with beds of red clay"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: R. Harkness. 1850. On the position of the impressions of footsteps in the Bunter Sandstone of Dumfries-shire. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2 6(33):203-208 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 174684: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia - Chirotheriidae
Chirotherium sp.
Chirotherium sp. Kaup 1835 archosaur