References
Reference
A pliosaur from the Linksfield erratic (Rhaetian, Upper Triassic)
near Elgin, Morayshire
near Elgin, Morayshire
Principal Author
Michael Alan Taylor
Other Authors
Arthur R I Cruickshank
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Academic paper
Journal
Scottish Journal of Geology
Volume
29
Issue
2
Pages
191-6
Abstract
An apparent series of eight plesiosaurian cervical vertebrae and an isolated tooth are described from the Rhaetian (or possibly Lower Jurassic) erratic block at Linksfield, Elgin, Morayshire. The vertebrae are comparable to Rhaetian and Het-tangian material from SW England, especially the Rhaetian species Plesiosaurus costatus Owen, 1840 and Plesiosaurus rugosus Owen, 1840. The vertebrae comprise a rare occurrence of associated Rhaetian plesiosaurian skeletal material.
Language
English
near Elgin, Morayshire; Scottish Journal of Geology, 29(2), pp.191-6