Blackwaterfoot BWF_2 Trackway: Ladinian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Chirotheriidae
1 specimen
Trackway with 7 footprints
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:Scotland
Coordinates: 55.5° North, 5.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.1° North, 16.0° East (Wright 2013)
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: 241.464 - 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:181943
Authorizer:A. McGowan Enterer:A. McGowan
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-10-08 14:57:22 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2016-10-08 14:57:22
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]