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Dinosaurs of Scotland

Currently, our archive includes 1 dinosaurs from Scotland

Name Coined Type Period Family
SALTOPUS 1910 Archosauromorpha Triassic Dinosauriformes
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References
• Huene FR von (1910) "Ein primitiver Dinosaurier aus der mittleren Trias von Elgin" [A primitive dinosaur from the Middle Trias of Elgin]. Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungen, n.s., 8: 317-322.
• Benton MJ and Walker AD (2011) "Saltopus, a dinosauriform from the Upper Triassic of Scotland". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 101(sp.3-4): 285-299.
• Rahaut OWM and Hungerbuhler A (1998) "A review of European Triassic theropods". GAIA, Ecological Perspectives on Science and Society, 15: 75-88.
• Brusatte SL, Challands TJ, Dugald A. Ross DA and Wilkinson M (2015) "Sauropod dinosaur trackways in a Middle Jurassic lagoon on the Isle of Skye, Scotland". Scottish Journal of Geology, 52: 1-9. DOI: 10.1144/sjg2015-005.
• Blakesley T, de Polo PE, Wade TJ, Ross DA and Brusatte SL (2025) "A new Middle Jurassic lagoon margin assemblage of theropod and sauropod dinosaur trackways from the Isle of Skye, Scotland". PLoS ONE, 20(4): e0319862. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319862.
• Panciroli E, Funston GF, Maidment SCR, Butler R, Benson RBJ, Crawford BL, Fair M, Fraser NC and Walsh S (2025) "The first and most complete dinosaur skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: 1-12. DOI: 10.1017/S1755691024000148.
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