Review of the Dinosaur Remains from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland, UK

Abstract

Dinosaurs are rare from the Middle Jurassic worldwide. The Isle of Skye, is the only place in Scotland thus far to have produced dinosaur remains. These remains consist mainly of footprints, but also several bones and teeth. These Bajocian and Bathonian remains represent an important collection of a basal eusauropod, early examples of non-neosauropod and possible basal titanosauriform eusauropods, and theropod remains that may belong to an early coelurosaur and a possible megalosaurid, basal tyrannosauroid, or dromaeosaurid. The footprints from here also suggest a rich and diverse dinosaur fauna for which further better diagnosable remains are likely to be found.

Keywords

• sauropod
• theropod
• thyreophoran
• Bathonian
• Skye
• Bearreraig
• Lealt
• Valtos
• Duntulm
• Kilmaluag