Lossiemouth Sandstone
Geological formation in Moray, Scotland
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The Lossiemouth Sandstone is a Middle to Late Triassic (Ladinian to Norian) age geological formation. It is exposed on the south side of the Moray Firth near Lossiemouth and near Golspie in Sutherland.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
Unit ofNew Red Sandstone Supergroup
UnderliesStotfield Cherty Rock Formation
OverliesBurghead Sandstone Formation or unconformably on Devonian beds
| Lossiemouth Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Carnian–Rhaetian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | New Red Sandstone Supergroup |
| Underlies | Stotfield Cherty Rock Formation |
| Overlies | Burghead Sandstone Formation or unconformably on Devonian beds |
| Thickness | up to 30 m (98 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 57.7°N 3.3°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 34.0°N 0.9°W |
| Region | Moray Firth |
| Country | Scotland |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Lossiemouth |
  Lossiemouth Sandstone (the United Kingdom)  Lossiemouth Sandstone (Scotland) | |
Fossil content
| Vertebrates reported from the Lossiemouth Sandstone | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Dasygnathoides | D. longidens | Nomen dubium | ||||
| Brachyrhinodon | B. taylori | A rhynchocephalian |  | |||
| Erpetosuchus | E. granti | A Pseudosuchian |  | |||
| Hyperodapedon | H. gordoni | A rhynchosaur |  | |||
| Leptopleuron | L. lacertinum | A procolophonid |  | |||
| Ornithosuchus | O. woodwardi | An ornithosuchid |  | |||
| O. taylori | Junior synonym of O. woodwardi | |||||
| Saltopus[3] | S. elginensis[3] | "Partial postcranial skeleton"[3] | A dinosauriform previously classified as a specimen of Leptopleuron |  | ||
| Scleromochlus | S. taylori | A possible avemetatarsalian |  | |||
| Stagonolepis | S. robertsoni | An aetosaur |  | |||
| Telerpeton | T. elginense | Junior synonym of Leptopleuron | ||||
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Scotland
- Ischigualasto Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin, Argentina
- Candelária Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Paraná Basin in southeastern Brazil
- Molteno Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Karoo Basin in southern Africa
- Fremouw Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Antarctica
