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A sauropod dinosaur tooth from the Middle Jurassic of Skye, Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2007

Paul M. Barrett
Paul M. Barrett
Affiliation:
Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK. E-mail: p.barrett@nhm.ac.uk
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Abstract

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A sauropod dinosaur tooth has been recovered from the Kilmaluag Formation (Middle Jurassic: late Bathonian) of Strathaird, Isle of Skye, Western Scotland. It represents the first dinosaur tooth to be described from Scotland. The combination of character states present indicates that it cannot be referred to either Cetiosaurus or Cardiodon and that it may pertain to a basal eusauropod or a basal titanosauriform. A diversity of sauropods was present in the UK in the Middle Jurassic and these faunas have the potential to illuminate many aspects of sauropod evolutionary history.

Keywords

Great Estuarine GroupKilmaluag Formationlate BathonianSauropoda
Type
Research Article
Information
Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 97 , Issue 1 , March 2006 , pp. 25 - 29
Copyright
Royal Society of Edinburgh 2006