Broadford Beds Formation

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]

Broadford Beds Formation Stratigraphic range: Sinemurian ~196–190 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Lias Group
Underlies	Pabay Shale Formation
Overlies	Triassic rocks
Thickness	50–100 metres (160–330 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Limestone, mudstone, sandstone, siltstone
Location
Coordinates	57.7°N 5.7°W
Approximate paleocoordinates	43.4°N 1.9°W
Region	Hebrides
Country	Scotland
Broadford Beds Formation (the United Kingdom) Broadford Beds Formation (Scotland)

See also

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

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. 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.