Foreshore 1 mile north of Elgol (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (57.2° N, 6.1° W: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 4.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kilmaluag Formation (Great Estuarine Group), Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• A shallow ephemeral lagoonal environment fed by small rivers, and the presence of desiccation cracks suggests episodes of drying out and mudflat formation.
• The Kilmaluag Formation comprises interbedded calcareous mudstones and nodular argillaceous limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Reposited in the BMNH

• The material has been accumulated since 1971 by a series of collecting trips. Some material is in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh

Primary reference: S. Wills, P. M. Barrett, and A. Walker. 2014. New dinosaur and crocodylomorph material from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) Kilmaluag Formation, Skye, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology 50:183-190 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 181070: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 17.08.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Loricata -
Crocodylomorpha indet., Mesoeucrocodylia indet.
Crocodylomorpha indet. crocodilian
NMHUK R36713; osteoderms and a tooth
Mesoeucrocodylia indet. Whetstone and Whybrow 1983 crocodilian
NMS G.1992.47.51; left pubis
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet.
Dinosauria indet. Owen 1842 dinosaur
NMS G.2003.31.20; badly crushed limb bone
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
NMS G.1992.47.50; small tooth possibly from a coelurosaurian