Valtos Sandstone Formation
Introduction The '''Valtos Sandstone Formation''' is a Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) formation found in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is the thickest member of the Great Estuarine Group. The lithology consists of sets of approximately 6 metre thick cross bedded sandstone, capped by thin shelly limestones containing bivalves of the genus ''Neomiodon''  Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus. '''Archosaurs of the Valtos Formation'''GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionAbundanceNotesImages''Theriosuchus''IndeterminateDentary fragmentSauropodaIndeterminateNear ValtosLimb bone, rib, caudal vertebra, ToothStegosauriaIndeterminateIsle of EiggFibulaTheropodaIndeterminateTeeth and caudal vertebraVertebra likely to belongs to a coelurosaur
See also * List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations** List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Scotland
Footnotes
References * Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds. ): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. . *