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Diverse vertebrate assemblage of the Kilmaluag Formation (Bathonian, Middle Jurassic) of Skye, Scotland — Panciroli et al (2020) Project ID: 0000C1037 Public
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The Kilmaluag Formation on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, provides one of the richest Mesozoic vertebrate fossil assemblages in the UK, and is among the richest globally for Middle Jurassic tetrapods. Since its discovery in 1971, this assemblage has predominantly yielded small- bodied tetrapods, including hybodontiforms, salamanders, choristoderes, lepidosaurs, turtles, crocodylomorph, pterosaurs, dinosaurs, non- mammalian cynodonts and mammals, alongside abundant fish and invertebrates. It is protected as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and by Nature Conservancy Order (NCO). Unlike contemporaneous localities from England, this assemblage yields associated partial skeletons, providing unprecedented new data. We present a comprehensive updated overview of the Kilmaluag Formation, including its geology and the fossil collections made to date, with evidence of several species occurrences presented here for the first time. We place the vertebrate faunal assemblage in an international context through comparisons with relevant contemporaneous localities from the UK, Europe, Asia and the United States. This wealth of material reveals the Kilmaluag Formation as a vertebrate fossil assemblage of global significance, both in terms of understanding Middle Jurassic faunal composition and the completeness of specimens with future implications for the early evolutionary histories of mammals, squamates and amphibians.

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000161273 bone2 nms:g:2019.34.3 Balnealacerta silvestris Mesh 2020-09-26 Restricted Download  
000161271 maxilla nms:g:2019.34.3 Balnealacerta silvestris Mesh 2020-09-26 Restricted Download  
000161272 prefrontal nms:g:2019.34.3 Balnealacerta silvestris Mesh 2020-09-26 Restricted Download  
000161270 dentary nms:g:2019.34.3 Balnealacerta silvestris Mesh 2020-09-26 Restricted Download  
000161269 partial skull nms:g:2019.34.3 Balnealacerta silvestris Volumetric Image Series 2020-09-26 Restricted Download  
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