THE FIRST MIDDLE JURASSIC DINOSAUR FROM SCOTLAND - A CETIOSAURID-QUESTIONABLE (SAUROPODA) FROM THE BATHONIAN OF THE ISLE-OF-SKYE

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CLARK, NDL
BOYD, JD
DIXON, RJ
ROSS, DA
机构
[1] BP EXPLORAT CO LTD,FARBURN IND ESTATE,DYCE AB2 0PB,ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND
[2] STAFFIN MUSEUM,STAFFIN IV51 9JE,SCOTLAND
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10.1144/sjg31020171
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P5 [地质学];
学科分类号
0709 ; 081803 ;
摘要
The limb bone of a dinosaur was discovered from the Valtos Sandstone Formation (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) near Valtos, Isle of Skye. The bone preserves the eroded proximal and distal ends and is missing the mid-shaft. It represents the first unequivocal Middle Jurassic dinosaur bone from Scotland. The bone is of a sauropod dinosaur and may be the femur of a cetiosaurid.
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