The Broadford Beds Formation is a Sinemurian geologic formation in western Scotland. An indeterminate partial tibia of a theropod dinosaur are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation [1][2]
| Broadford Beds Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Sinemurian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Lias Group |
| Underlies | Pabay Shale Formation |
| Overlies | Triassic rocks |
| Thickness | 50–100 metres (160–330 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone, mudstone, sandstone, siltstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 57°42′N 5°42′W / 57.7°N 5.7°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 43°24′N 1°54′W / 43.4°N 1.9°W |
| Region | Hebrides |
| Country |  Scotland |
  Broadford Beds Formation (the United Kingdom)  Broadford Beds Formation (Scotland) | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Benton, M. J.; Martill, D. M.; Taylor, M. A. (1995-11-01). "The first Lower Jurassic dinosaur from Scotland: limb bone of a ceratosaur theropod from Skye". Scottish Journal of Geology. 31 (2): 177–182. Bibcode:1995ScJG...31..177B. doi:10.1144/sjg31020177. ISSN 0036-9276.
Bibliography
edit- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.