Kildonan Trackway Site 2 : Ladinian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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Isochirotherium herculis
(Egerton 1839)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| Two trackways crossing each other; 'a' has 3 footprints; 'b' has two parallel trackways heading south | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland |
| Coordinates: | 55.4° North, 5.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.9° North, 6.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Ladinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ladinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 242 - 237 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Mercia Mudstone | Formation: | Auchenhew Mudstone | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Updated using BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units to replace Auchenhew Beds. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified mudstone |
| Lithology description: Intertidal and tidal-flat facies with halite pseudomorphs within sandstones, siltstones and mudstones comprise the majority of the succession. Bimodal palaeocurrents, symmetrical ripples, flaser and wavy bedforms are common. Trace fossils are also commonly found. | |
| Environment: | peritidal |
| Geology comments: Arid conditions with some marine influence. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 181937 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. McGowan | Enterer: | A. McGowan |
| Modifier: | A. McGowan | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-10-08 13:51:18 | Last modified: | 2016-10-08 13:54:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-10-08 13:51:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60516. | N. D. L. Clark and H. Corrance. 2009. New discoveries of Isochirotherium herculis (Egerton 1838) and a reassessment of chirotheriid footprints from the Triassic of the Isle of Arran, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology 45:69-82 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan] |