Blackwaterfoot BWF_7 Trackway: Ladinian, United Kingdom
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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Isochirotherium herculis
(Egerton 1839)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Single pes. | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland |
Coordinates: | 55.5° North, 5.4° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 17.9° North, 6.4° 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: | 181947 | ||
Authorizer: | A. McGowan | Enterer: | A. McGowan | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2016-10-08 15:12:47 | Last modified: | 2016-10-08 15:12:47 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-10-08 15:12:47 |
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] |