Kilmaluag Formation
The Kilmaluag Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic formation in Scotland. It was formerly known as the Ostracod Limestone for preserving an abundance of fossil freshwater/low salinity ostracods. Gastropods, bivalves, trace fossil burrows, and vertebrate fossil remains have also been recorded from the formation. Vertebrate fossils include fish, crocodylomorphs, mammals, small reptiles, amphibians, theropod and sauropod dinosaurs and pterosaurs.
| Kilmaluag Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Bathonian ~ | |
Sediments of the Kilmaluag Formation overlain by Paleogene lava on the Isle of Skye | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Great Estuarine Group |
| Underlies | Skudiburgh Formation |
| Overlies | Duntulm Formation |
| Thickness | Up to 25 m (82 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Calcareous mudstone, limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 57.2°N 6.1°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 46.4°N 4.2°E |
| Country | Scotland |
| Extent | Throughout Inner Hebrides, including Isle of Skye, Isle of Muck, and Isle of Eigg |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Kilmaluag Bay in the North of Skye |
Kilmaluag Formation (the United Kingdom) Kilmaluag Formation (Scotland) | |
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