Earth:Hampen Formation

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Hampen Formation
Stratigraphic range: Bathonian
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofGreat Oolite Group
UnderliesWhite Limestone Formation
OverliesTaynton Limestone Formation, Fuller's Earth Formation
Thickness4-11 m
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherMarl
Location
RegionOxfordshire
CountryEngland

The Hampen Formation is a Jurassic geological formation of Bathonian age found in central Southern England.[1] Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2] This formation was formerly known as the Hamden Marly Formation or the Hamden Marly Beds.[1]

Paleofauna

Cetiosaurus sp (sauropod indet)

See also

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
    • List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Hampen Formation". British Geological Survey. http://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=HMB. 
  2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

References

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN:0-520-24209-2.