History and bibliography of the study of fossil vertebrate footprints in the British isles: supplement 1973–1983

Dinosaur Tracks from the Kilmaluag Formation (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of Score Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK

“…The Lealt Shale Formation solitary footprint does not plot close to the Kilmaluag Formation footprints, thus it may represent a different type of dinosaur. The broad spatulate digits also support this interpretation and it has been suggested, by Delair and Sarjeant (1985), that it represents the footprint of a large ornithopod.…”

“…The first dinosaur footprint to be found in Scotland was discovered on a loose block of muddy limestone from the Lonfearn Member of the Lealt Shale Formation at Rubha nam Brathairean in 1982. This 49cm long footprint is thought to have been made by an ornithopod (Andrews and Hudson, 1984;Delair and Sarjeant, 1985). Since then dinosaur footprints and trackways have been found in the Valtos Sandstone Formation (Bathonian) near Staffin at Dun Dearg and Kilt Rock (Clark and Barco Rodriguez, 1998;Clark, 2001a), and the Duntulm Formation (Bathonian) near Staffin at An Corran (Clark et al, 2004).…”

Dinosaur footprints from the Duntulm Formation (Bathonian, Jurassic) of the Isle of Skye

“…Identifying a track-maker is very difficult as there are large tridactyl bipedal saurischian and ornithischian dinosaurs in the Middle Jurassic. The first dinosaur track found in Scotland has been placed both with the saurischians (Andrews & Hudson 1984) and the ornithischians (Delair & Sarjeant 1985). Despite the difficulty in assigning the An Corran tracks to an ichnospecies, there are a few taxa with which they can be compared.…”

“…The track from level B, however, is very similar to the Lealt Shale Formation specimen (GLAHM V1980) in both the pIII:wIII ratio and divarication angle, although it is substantially smaller (Table 1) suggesting that there is more than just a sediment consistency difference between the Lealt Shale Formation track and the An Corran level A tracks. This broad-toed Lealt Shale Formation track with a high divarication angle (GLAHM V1980) is now thought to have been made by an ornithopod dinosaur (Delair & Sarjeant 1985), and it is also likely that the An Corran level B track was similarly made by an ornithopod dinosaur. The tracks from An Corran level A appear to be near-surface or surface prints where the distal ends of the digits are more deeply impressed than the proximal part of the imprint.…”

A comparison between dinosaur footprints from the Middle Jurassic of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK, and Shell, Wyoming, USA

“…The first recorded occurrence of dinosaur remains on the Isle of Skye was the discovery of a large 49 cm long footprint from the Lealt Shale Formation (Bathonian) at Rubha nam Brathairean in 1982 (Andrews & Hudson 1984;Delair & Sarjeant 1985) (Fig. 2(1)).…”