south quarry, Storeton: Early Triassic, United Kingdom
collected by G. Morton, H. Beasley 1838–1906

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Chirotheriidae
Isochirotherium bipedale n. sp. (Abel 1935)
King et al. 2005 1 specimen
BMNH R3483 (holotype) [Natural History Museum, London, UK]
Isochirotherium lomasi n. sp. (Baird 1954)
Tresise and Sarjeant 1997 3 specimens
"Beasley's type A4"; LIVCM 1986.206.A (holotype) [Liverpool Museum, UK]; WM 1533 [Warrington Museum, UK]
Chirotherium sp. Kaup 1835
1 specimen
    = Chirotherium storetonense n. sp. Morton 1863
Beasley 1904
A1
cf. Chirotherium storetonense Morton 1863
Beasley 1904
Chirotherium vorbachi Kirchner 1927
King et al. 2005 1 specimen
OXFUM G40 [Oxford University Museum of Natural History, UK]
Chirotherium minus Sickler 1836
Beasley 1904 1 specimen
B1
cf. Chirotherium minus Sickler 1836
Beasley 1904 1 specimen
L
    = Chirotherium beasleyi Nopcsa 1923
Tresise and Sarjeant 1997
"Beasley's type L"; type specimen labelled as from "Guy's Cliff, Warwick" but thought by Tresise & Sarjeant (1997) to be from Storeton
Synaptichnium sp. Nopcsa 1923
King et al. 2005 3 specimens
LIVCM 1987.145.M; LIVCM 1987.145.AB? [Liverpool Museum, UK]
Reptilia - Rotodactylidae
Rhynchosauroides tumidus n. sp. Morton 1897
Tresise and Sarjeant 1997 1 specimen
LIVCM 1987.15.L [Liverpool Museum, UK]
Reptilia
Deuterotetrapous triassicus n. gen., n. sp. Nopcsa 1923
Nopcsa 1923 1 specimen
Beasley's "type P"
Rhynchosauroides beasleyi n. sp. Nopcsa 1923
Tresise and Sarjeant 1997 1 specimen
"Beasley's type D7"
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Equisetaceae
Equisetites keuperina n. sp. Morton 1863
Tresise and Sarjeant 1997 1 specimen
LIVCM 1969.131 (holotype) [Liverpool Museum, UK]
unclassified
Permichnium voelckeri Guthörl 1934
Tresise and Sarjeant 1997
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:Merseyside
Coordinates: 53.4° North, 3.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.9° North, 11.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Early Triassic
10 m.y. bin: Triassic 1
Key time interval: Early Triassic
Age range of interval: 251.902 - 247.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Mercia Mudstone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "lower Keuper sandstone", 3 beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:desiccation cracks,fine,ferruginous,white sandstone
Secondary lithology:wave ripples,fine,white claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "a fine grained sandstone, white or cream-coloured, with occasionally more deeply iron-stained surfaces. There are a few beds of very red marl from an inch to some feet in thickness, and thinner beds of a fine white clay. In the stratum containing the footprints the sandstone is flaggy, but the rest is rather massive and compact, somewhat soft towards the top, harder below…"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:G. Morton, H. Beasley Collection dates:1838–1906
Metadata
Also known as:Stourton, Storton Hill
Database number:164930
Authorizer:M. Carrano, A. Dunhill Enterer:M. Carrano, B. Allen
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-01-05 14:38:02 Last modified:2023-08-25 15:40:02
Access level:the public Released:2015-01-05 14:38:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
63086. H. Girard. 1846. Über die Fährten vorweltlicher Thiere im Sandstein, insbesondere von Chirotherium [On the tracks of prehistoric animals in sandstone, especially Chirotherium]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1846:1-22 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

53922 H. C. Beasley. 1902. Inaugural address on the fauna indicated in the Lower Keuper Sandstone of the neighbourhood of Liverpool. Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society 16:3-26 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
53921 H. C. Beasley. 1904. Report on footprints from the Trias—Part I. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 73:219-230 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
77229 H. C. Beasley. 1905. Report on footprints from the Trias—Part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 74:275-282 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
54403 H. C. Beasley. 1907. President's Address. The Storeton find of 1906. Proceedings of the Liverpool Geological Society 10(3):157-171 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
57076 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]
67305 M. J. King, W. A. S. Sarjeant, D. B. Thompson and G. Tresise. 2005. A Revised Systematic Ichnotaxonomy and Review of the Vertebrate Footprint Ichnofamily Chirotheriidae from the British Triassic. Ichnos 12(4):241-299 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
63762 G. A. Mantell. 1854. The Medals of Creation; or, First Lessions in Geology, and the Study of Organic Remains 2:447-930 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
19324ETE B. F. Nopcsa. 1923. Die Familien der Reptilien [The families of reptiles]. Forschritte der Geologie und Palaeontologie. Verlag von Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin 2:1-210 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
9842 R. Owen. 1854. Descriptive catalogue of the Fossil organic remains of Reptilia and Pisces contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. London 1-184 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
55639 R. L. Paton. 1975. A Catalogue of Fossil Vertebrates in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. Part Four / Amphibia & Reptilia. Royal Scottish Museum Information Series. Geology 5 1-38 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
82858 W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1974. A history and bibliography of the study of fossil vertebrate footprints in the British Isles. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 16:265-378 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
62737 W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1975. Fossil tracks and impressions of vertebrates. In R. D. Frey (ed.), The Study of Trace Fossils 283-324 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
70883 G. Tresise. 1993. Triassic footprints from Lymm quarry, Cheshire in the collections of Warrington Museum. Archives of Natural History 20(3):307-332 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
70885 G. Tresise. 2003. George Morton, Henry Beasley and Triassic footprint classification. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 114(2):129-138 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
67298 G. Tresise and W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1997. The Tracks of Triassic Vertebrates: Fossil Evidence from North-West England. 1-204 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
68227 T. C. Winkler. 1886. Histoire de l’Ichnologie. Étude Ichnologique sur les Empreintes de Pas d’Animaux Fossiles, Suivie de la Description des Plaques à Impressions d’Animaux qui se Trouvent au Musée Teyler [History of Ichnology. Ichnological Study of Fossil Animal Footprints, Followed by the Description of Slabs with Animal Impressions found in Teyler’s Museum] iv-200 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]