Bearreraig Bay: Toarcian - Early/Lower Bajocian, United Kingdom
collected by Brian Shawcross 1959
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Dearcmhara shawcrossi n. gen., n. sp.
Brusatte et al. 2015
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| GLAHM 152378/1–4. An associated distal humerus (GLAHM 152378/1; Fig. 7) and three vertebrae (GLAHM 152378/2–4; Fig. 5a–r), including one anterior dorsal centrum (GLAHM 152378/3) and two anterior caudal centra (GLAHM 152378/2 and 4). The specimens were found associated but in the eventuality that later research determines that they belong to different taxa, the humerus is designated as the name-bearing holotype of Dearcmhara shawcrossi | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United Kingdom | State/province: | Scotland | County: | Isle of Skye |
| Coordinates: | 57.0° North, 6.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.8° North, 4.2° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic |
| Key time interval: | Toarcian - Early/Lower Bajocian |
| Age range of interval: | 184.20000 - 168.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bearreraig Sandstone | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: P. aalensis – S. humphriesianum Zones |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | observed (not collected) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Brian Shawcross | Collection dates: | 1959 |
| Collection method comments: specimens were recovered ex situ, but in association | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 165073 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-01-12 03:12:56 | Last modified: | 2018-12-12 10:57:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-01-12 03:12:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54005. | S. L. Brusatte, M. T. Young, T. J. Challands, N. D. L. Clark, V. Fischer, N. C. Fraser, J. J. Liston, C. C. J. MacFayden, D. A. Ross, S. Walsh, and M. Wilkinson. 2015. Ichthyosaurs from the Jurassic of Skye, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |