Lossiemouth Sandstone

Lossiemouth Sandstone Stratigraphic range: Carnian
Type	Geological formation
Location
Country	Scotland

The Lossiemouth Sandstone is a Late Triassic (Carnian) geologic formation. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

Paleofauna

Vertebrates reported from the Lossiemouth Sandstone
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Dasygnathus	D. longidens				Renamed Ornithosuchus longidens
Erpetosuchus	E. Granti				A Crurotarsan
Hyperodapedon	H. gordoni				A Rhynchosaur
Leptopleuron	L. lacertinum				A Procolophonid
Ornithosuchus	O. longidens				An Ornithosuchid
	O. taylori				Junior synonym of O. longidens
	O. woodwardi				Junior synonym of O. longidens
Saltopus[2]	S. elginensis[2]			"Partial postcranial skeleton."[2]	A Dinosauriform
Scleromochlus	S. taylori				An Avemetatarsalian
Stagonolepis	S. robertsoni				An Aetosaur
Telerpeton	T. elginense				Junior synonym of Leptopleuron

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

Footnotes

1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
2. "Table 2.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 26.

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.