Scorlon Quarry, Newton Nottage: Late Triassic, United Kingdom
collected by T. H. Thomas, J. Storrie 1878
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Grallatoridae
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Brontozoum thomasi n. sp.
Sollas 1879
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1 individual | |||||||||
| 5 prints in trackway | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Wales | County: | Glamorganshire |
| Coordinates: | 51.5° North, 3.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.8° North, 0.3° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 0 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late Triassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3-4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Triassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 237 - 201.4 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Mercia Mudstone | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Dolomitic Conglomerate" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | pebbly conglomeratic,calcareous "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "flaggy, calcareous beds ith subangular pebbles of limestone"; originally described as "a breccia or conglomerate of small limestone fragments"; also described as a "conglomeratic sandstone" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | none |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | salvage,surface (in situ),peel or thin section,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | T. H. Thomas, J. Storrie | Collection dates: | 1878 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Schorlan Quarry, Porthcawl, Porth-Cawl | ||
| Database number: | 57952 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-01-11 12:58:31 | Last modified: | 2022-10-13 14:39:26 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-01-11 12:58:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24478. | ETE | W. J. Sollas. 1879. On some three-toed footprints from the Triassic conglomerate of south Wales. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 35:511-515 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 53922 | H. C. Beasley. 1902. Inaugural address on the fauna indicated in the Lower Keuper Sandstone of the neighbourhood of Liverpool. Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society 16:3-26 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 53921 | H. C. Beasley. 1904. Report on footprints from the Trias—Part I. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 73:219-230 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 15587 | ETE | M. J. Benton and P. S. Spencer. 1995. Fossil Reptiles of Great Britain. Chapman & Hall, London 1-386 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/J. Tennant] |
| 63489 | A. H. Cox. 1920. The geology of the Cardiff District. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 31(2):45-75 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 27782 | ETE | J. B. Delair and W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1985. History and bibliography of the study of fossil vertebrate footprints in the British Isles: supplement 1973–1983. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 49:123-160 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 78434 | M. G. Lockley, M. King, S. Howe and T. Sharp. 1996. Dinosaur tracks and other archosaur footprints from the Triassic of South Wales. Ichnos 5:23-41 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 58991 | F. J. North. 1928. Type and figured specimens in the National Museum of Wales. Geological Magazine 65(5):193-210 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 82858 | W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1974. A history and bibliography of the study of fossil vertebrate footprints in the British Isles. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 16:265-378 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 62300 | W. J. Sollas. 1880. On the geology of the Bristol District. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 6(8):375-391 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 68227 | T. C. Winkler. 1886. Histoire de l’Ichnologie. Étude Ichnologique sur les Empreintes de Pas d’Animaux Fossiles, Suivie de la Description des Plaques à Impressions d’Animaux qui se Trouvent au Musée Teyler [History of Ichnology. Ichnological Study of Fossil Animal Footprints, Followed by the Description of Slabs with Animal Impressions found in Teyler’s Museum] iv-200 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 30971 | ETE | A. S. Woodward and C. D. Sherborn. 1890. A Catalogue of British Fossil Vertebrata. Dulao & Company, London 1-396 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |