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. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weishampel et al., 2004, "Dinosaur distribution." pp.517-607
Fossil content Vertebrates reported from the Lossiemouth Sandstone Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Dasygnathoides D. longidens Nomen dubium BrachyrhinodonB. tayloriA 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"Table 2.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 26. S. elginensis "Partial postcranial skeleton" 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 stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils 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
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Further reading M. J. Benton and P. S. Spencer. 1995. Fossil Reptiles of Great Britain. Chapman & Hall, London 1–386 R. L. Paton. 1975. A Catalogue of Fossil Vertebrates in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. Part Four / Amphibia & Reptilia. Royal Scottish Museum Information Series. Geology 5 1–38 G. Tresise and W. A. S. Sarjeant. 1997. The Tracks of Triassic Vertebrates: Fossil Evidence from North-West England. 1-204