Broadford Beds Formation Explained

Broadford Beds Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Period:	Sinemurian
Age:	Sinemurian ~
Prilithology:	Limestone, mudstone, sandstone, siltstone
Region:	Hebrides
Coordinates:	57.7°N -5.7°W
Paleocoordinates:	43.4°N -1.9°W
Unitof:	Lias Group
Underlies:	Pabay Shale Formation
Overlies:	Triassic rocks
Thickness:	50m-100mm (160feet-300feetm)

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]}

See also

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

References

Bibliography

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

Notes and References

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. en. 31. 2. 177–182. 10.1144/sjg31020177. 1995ScJG...31..177B . 0036-9276.