Broadford Beds Formation

Broadford Beds Formation
Stratigraphic range: Sinemurian
~196–190 Ma

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Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Lias Group
Underlies
Overlies	Triassic rocks
Thickness	50–100 metres (160–330 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Limestone, mudstone, sandstone, siltstone
Location
Coordinates	57°42′N 5°42′W / 57.7°N 5.7°WCoordinates: 57°42′N 5°42′W / 57.7°N 5.7°W
Approximate paleocoordinates	43°24′N 1°54′W / 43.4°N 1.9°W
Region	Hebrides
Country	Scotland
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The Broadford Beds Formation is a Sinemurian geologic formation in western Scotland. An indeterminate partial tibia of a theropod dinosaur are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation ^[1]^[2]

References[]

^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
^ Benton, M. J.; Martill, D. M.; Taylor, M. A. (1995-11-01). "The first Lower Jurassic dinosaur from Scotland: limb bone of a ceratosaur theropod from Skye". Scottish Journal of Geology. 31 (2): 177–182. doi:10.1144/sjg31020177. ISSN 0036-9276.

Bibliography[]

Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

[dinosaurdistribution-1] Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

[2] Benton, M. J.; Martill, D. M.; Taylor, M. A. (1995-11-01). "The first Lower Jurassic dinosaur from Scotland: limb bone of a ceratosaur theropod from Skye". Scottish Journal of Geology. 31 (2): 177–182. doi:10.1144/sjg31020177. ISSN 0036-9276.

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