Bennan Head Trackway: 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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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Single print | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland |
| Coordinates: | 55.4° North, 5.2° 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 |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| 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: | 181942 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. McGowan | Enterer: | A. McGowan | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-10-08 14:42:42 | Last modified: | 2016-10-08 14:42:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-10-08 14:42:42 |
| 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] |