Lealt_Shale

Lealt Shale

Lealt Shale

Geologic formation in Skye, Scotland

The Lealt Shale Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic formation in Scotland. Fossil ornithopod , theropod and stegosaur tracks, a theropod dinosaur tooth and the pterosaur Dearc have been reported from the formation.[1][2][3] The lithology consists of silty fissile mudstones with subordinate thin limestones.[4]

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  1. [1]
    Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. [2]
    Young, Chloe M. E.; Hendrickx, Christophe; Challands, Thomas J.; Foffa, Davide; Ross, Dugald A.; Butler, Ian B.; Brusatte, Stephen L. (May 2019). "New theropod dinosaur teeth from the Middle Jurassic of the Isle of Skye, Scotland". Scottish Journal of Geology. 55 (1): 7–19. doi:10.1144/sjg2018-020. hdl:20.500.11820/063549bc-2a00-4ddc-bcf6-a1bc2f872c26. ISSN 0036-9276. S2CID 134102042.
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    dePolo, Paige E.; Brusatte, Stephen L.; Challands, Thomas J.; Foffa, Davide; Wilkinson, Mark; Clark, Neil D. L.; Hoad, Jon; Pereira, Paulo Victor Luiz Gomes da Costa; Ross, Dugald A.; Wade, Thomas J. (11 March 2020). Fiorillo, Anthony R. (ed.). "Novel track morphotypes from new tracksites indicate increased Middle Jurassic dinosaur diversity on the Isle of Skye, Scotland". PLOS ONE. 15 (3): e0229640. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0229640. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7065758.
  4. [4]
    "Lealt Shale Formation". BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

References

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.


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