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Valtos Sandstone Formation

Valtos Sandstone Formation

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The Valtos Sandstone Formation is a Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) formation found in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is the thickest member of the Great Estuarine Group. The lithology consists of sets of approximately 6 metre thick cross bedded sandstone, capped by thin shelly limestones containing bivalves of the genus Neomiodon [1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.[2]

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  1. [1]
    British Geological Survey. "Valtos Sandstone Formation". BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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    Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
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    Clark, Neil D. L. (5 February 2018). "Review of the Dinosaur Remains from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland, UK". Geosciences. 8 (2): 53. Bibcode:2018Geosc...8...53C. doi:10.3390/geosciences8020053.
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    Young, Mark T.; Tennant, Jonathan P.; Brusatte, Stephen L.; Challands, Thomas J.; Fraser, Nicholas C.; Clark, Neil D. L.; Ross, Dugald A. (February 2016). "The first definitive Middle Jurassic atoposaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Neosuchia), and a discussion on the genus T heriosuchus: Middle Jurassic T heriosuchus From Skye". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 176 (2): 443–462. doi:10.1111/zoj.12315. PMC 4989461. PMID 27594716.
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    PANCIROLI, Elsa; FUNSTON, Gregory F.; HOLWERDA, Femke; MAIDMENT, Susannah C. R.; FOFFA, Davide; LARKIN, Nigel; CHALLANDS, Tom; DEPOLO, Paige E.; GOLDBERG, Daniel; HUMPAGE, Matthew; ROSS, Dugald (27 August 2020). "First dinosaur from the Isle of Eigg (Valtos Sandstone Formation, Middle Jurassic), Scotland". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: 1–16. doi:10.1017/s1755691020000080. ISSN 1755-6910.

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