Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (57.7° N, 3.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 0.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation, Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• Specimens were found at the base of the Lossiemouth Sandstone, near to the transition between the fluviatile Burghead Sandstone Formation and the aeolian Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation.
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•Age of the Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation is based upon vertebrate biostratigraphy, with comparisons made to the faunal assemblages from the lower part of the Maleri Formation (India), the upper part of the Santa Maria Formation (Brazil) and the Ischigualasto Formation (Argentina). This is suggestive of a late Carnian to early Norian age (Benton & Walker 2011).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: dune; lithified sandstone and poorly lithified, yellow sandstone
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•General description of Lossiemouth Sandstones: "The Lossiemouth Sandstones are white, buff, yellow, or pinkish. Grain size is usually uniform with grains well-rounded. The rock is composed of quartz, feldspar, and rare brownish chert and quartzite. Cements are usually overgrowths of secondary quartz and feldspar, but calcite and fluorspar may also occur. The sandstones may be finely laminated, but more usually they show large-scale cross-beds on well-weathered surfaces. These features, as well as the absence of pebbles, the rarity of micas and heavy minerals, strongly suggest aeolian deposition".
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, replaced with other
Collected by W. Taylor; reposited in the BGS, BMNH
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: T. H. Huxley. 1867. On a new specimen of Telerpeton elginense. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 23:77-84 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 57948: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 11.01.2006, edited by Richard Butler
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Ornithosuchus longidens" = Dasygnathus longidens11
"Ornithosuchus longidens" = Dasygnathus longidens11 Huxley 1877 archosaur BMNH R3149, skull and skeleton; BMNH R3561, vertebrae, pelvis and partial hindlimb; BMNH R3916, partial postcranium; MM L8271, partial skull and postcranial elements; BMNH R3562, partial skull;
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"Ornithosuchus taylori n. sp." = Ornithosuchus woodwardi5
"Ornithosuchus taylori n. sp." = Ornithosuchus woodwardi5 Newton 1894 archosaur BMNH R3142 (syntype), partial skull and skeleton; BMNH R3143 (syntype), partial skull
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Stagonolepis robertsoni n. gen. n. sp.10
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Erpetosuchus granti n. gen. n. sp.9
Erpetosuchus granti n. gen. n. sp.9 Newton 1894 archosaur BMNH R3139 (holotype), skull and partial skeleton [provenance uncertain; could be from Spynie Quarries]; NMS 1992.37.1, cervical vertebral column; BMNH R4807, block with impressions of 16 vertebrae
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Scleromochlus taylori n. gen. n. sp.12
Scleromochlus taylori n. gen. n. sp.12 Woodward 1907 ornithodiran BMNH R3556 (holotype), R3146, R3557, R3914, R4823, R4824, R5589
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Saltopus elginensis n. gen. n. sp.8
Saltopus elginensis n. gen. n. sp.8 Huene 1910 ornithodiran BMNH R3915 (holotype), partial postcranial skeleton
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"Hyperodapedon gordoni n. gen. n. sp." = Hyperodapedon gordoni1, "Stenometopon taylori n. gen. n. sp." = Hyperodapedon gordoni4
"Hyperodapedon gordoni n. gen. n. sp." = Hyperodapedon gordoni1 Huxley 1859 rhynchosaur See Benton (1983) for full list of material
"Stenometopon taylori n. gen. n. sp." = Hyperodapedon gordoni4 Huxley 1859 rhynchosaur BMNH R3141, partial skull
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Brachyrhinodon taylori n. gen. n. sp.7 Huene 1910 lepidosaur BMNH R3559 (holotype), skull and skeleton; BMNH R3364, partial skull; BMNH R3921, partial skull; BMNH R3929, partial mandible and palate; BMNH R4776, nearly complete skeleton; BMNH R4777, postcranial skeleton with poorly preserved skull; BMNH R4778, skeleton; NMS 1966.43.8A & B, small skull; ELGNM 1978.569 1A, B & C, postcranial skeleton with poorly preserved skull; ELGNM 1978.569 2A, B & C, skull and cervical vertebrae
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