Heaste, Southern Strath (NMS) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (57.2° N, 5.9° W: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 1.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: A. semicostatum zone, Broadford Beds Formation (Lias Group), Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• presumably from upper part of formation, but specimen comes from boulder found in stream

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; silty siltstone and sandy limestone

• described as "shallow shelf marine"; some beds are Gryphaea-rich
• Bone from "muddy siltstones" that form part of a "suite of limestones, sandy limestones, and silty mudstones"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1992

Collection methods: surface (float), mechanical,

Primary reference: M. J. Benton, D. M. Martill, and M. A. Taylor. 1995. The first Lower Jurassic dinosaur from Scotland: limb bone of a ceratosaur theropod from Skye. Scottish Journal of Geology 31(2):177-182 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32316: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 23.06.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda -
cf. Sarcosaurus woodi
cf. Sarcosaurus woodi Andrews 1921 coelophysoid
NMS G.1994.10.1, L tibia
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonitida indet.
Ammonitida indet. Hyatt 1889 ammonite