Scarborough cliff tracksite (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.3° N, 0.4° W: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 9.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Long Nab Member (Scalby Formation), Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• about a dozen loose blocks

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coarse-grained sandstone

• "At present it is difficult to state whether the stratum is lacustrine, estuarine, or marine..."
• "unevenly bedded sandstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace

Collected by A, Wallis & Stevenson in 1912

Collection methods: surface (float),

• discovered in Dec 1912 by Mr. Arnold Wallis and Mr. Stevenson; collected for the Scarborough Museum

Primary reference: J. A. Hargreaves. 1913. Fossil footprints near Scarborough. The Naturalist 1913:92-95 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82253: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.07.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet.
Dinosauria indet. dinosaur
tridactyl
 Loricata -
aff. Crocodylia indet.
aff. Crocodylia indet. crocodilian
track; "almost suggests a crocodilian imprint"