List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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? Chirotherium sp.
Kaup 1835
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| BELUM K12282 | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Northern Ireland | County: | County Down |
| Coordinates: | 54.6° North, 5.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.8° North, 18.2° East (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Sherwood Sandstone | Formation: | Scrabo Sandstone | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Scrabo Sandstone, Sherwood Sandstone Group, Scythian, Lower Triassic" (King et al. 2005) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: BELUM - Ulster Museum, Belfast, UK | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 197357 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Dunhill | Enterer: | B. Allen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2018-11-07 04:32:31 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-11-07 04:32:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 67305. | M. J. King, W. A. S. Sarjeant, D. B. Thompson and G. Tresise. 2005. A Revised Systematic Ichnotaxonomy and Review of the Vertebrate Footprint Ichnofamily Chirotheriidae from the British Triassic. Ichnos 12(4):241-299 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] |