Sliddery Trackway Site south of Port Mor: Ladinian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Chirotheriidae
Isochirotherium herculis (Egerton 1839)
1 specimen
Single trackway with two poorly preserved footprints
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Scotland
Coordinates: 55.4° North, 5.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.8° 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:gray,blue lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Grey blue sandstone with patches of red oxidation.
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:181940
Authorizer:A. McGowan Enterer:A. McGowan
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-10-08 14:22:03 Last modified:2016-10-08 14:22:03
Access level:the public Released:2016-10-08 14:22:03
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]