The Bromsgrove Sandstone is a geologic formation of the Sherwood Sandstone Group in England. It preserves fossils and ichnofossils of Chirotherium barthii, and Chirotherium sickleri, dating back to the Middle Triassic (Anisian) period.[1]

Bromsgrove Sandstone
Stratigraphic range: Anisian
~247.2–242 Ma
TypeFormation
Unit ofSherwood Sandstone Group
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherShale, conglomerate, marl
Location
Coordinates52°42′N 2°18′W / 52.7°N 2.3°W / 52.7; -2.3
Approximate paleocoordinates15°36′N 10°48′E / 15.6°N 10.8°E / 15.6; 10.8
Region England
Country United Kingdom
Bromsgrove Sandstone is located in the United Kingdom
Bromsgrove Sandstone
Bromsgrove Sandstone (the United Kingdom)
Bromsgrove Sandstone is located in England
Bromsgrove Sandstone
Bromsgrove Sandstone (England)

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Further reading

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  • M. J. Benton and A. D. Walker. 1996. Rhombopholis, a prolacertiform reptile from the Middle Triassic of England. Palaeontology 39(3):763-782
  • M. J. King, W. A. S. Sarjeant, D. B. Thompson and G. Tresise. 2005. A Revised Systematic Ichnotaxonomy and Review of the Vertebrate Footprint Ichnofamily Chirotheriidae from the British Triassic. Ichnos 12(4):241-299
  • E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1986. A restudy of the fossil Scorpionida of the world. Palaeontographica Americana 55:1-287
  • R. I. Murchison and H. E. Strickland. 1837. On the upper formations of the New Red System in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire; showing that the Red or Saliferous, including a peculiar band of sandstone, represent the "Keuper" or "Marnes irisées;" with some account of the underlying sandstone of Ombersley, Bromsgrove, and Warwick, priving that it is the "Bunter Sandstein" or "Grès bigarré" of foreign geologists. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, series 2 5(26):331-348
  • L. J. Wills. 1910. On the fossiliferous lower Keuper rocks of Worcestershire, with descriptions of some of the plants and animals discovered therein. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 21:249-331