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
Reptilia - Grallatoridae
Brontozoum thomasi n. sp. Sollas 1879
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]
15587ETE 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]
27782ETE 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]
30971ETE 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]