Earth:Westbury Formation
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| Westbury Formation Stratigraphic range: Rhaetian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Penarth Group |
| Underlies | Lilstock Formation |
| Overlies | Blue Anchor Formation |
| Thickness | 5-10 m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Mudstone, Shale |
| Other | Limestone, Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Region | Europe |
| Country |  UK |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Westbury-on-Severn |
The Westbury Formation is a geological formation in England, one of the Penarth Group. It dates back to the Rhaetian.[1] The formation is named after the village of Westbury-on-Severn in Gloucestershire.[2] The remains of giant shastasaurids are known from the formation.[3]
Vertebrate fauna
| Vertebrates reported from the Westbury Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Avalonianus[4] | A. sanfordi[4] | Wedmore Hill[4] | "Several now lost teeth."[4] | |||
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C. borealis[1] |
Westbury-on-Severn[5] |
"Vertebrae, pubis, ischium, femur, tibia, phalanges, adult."[6] |
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| Picrodon[4] | P. herveyi[4] | Wedmore Hill[4] | "Tooth."[4] | |||
| Shastasauridae[3] | Indeterminate[3] | Aust, Lilstock and Penarth[3] | "Three partial specimens."[3] | |||
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Triassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 521–525. ISBN:0-520-24209-2.
- ↑ The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details: Westbury Formation
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Lomax, Dean R.; De la Salle, Paul; Massare, Judy A.; Gallois, Ramues (2018-04-09). Wong, William Oki. ed. "A giant Late Triassic ichthyosaur from the UK and a reinterpretation of the Aust Cliff 'dinosaurian' bones" (in en). PLOS ONE 13 (4): e0194742. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0194742. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 29630618. Bibcode: 2018PLoSO..1394742L.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 H. G. Seeley. (1898). On large terrestrial saurians from the Rhaetic Beds of Wedmore Hill, described as Avalonia sanfordi and Picrodon herveyi. Geological Magazine, decade 4 5:1-6
- ↑ Galton, P. M. (1985). Notes on the Melanorosauridae, a family of large prosauropod dinosaurs (Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha). Geobios, 18(5), 671-676.
- ↑ "Table 12.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 234.
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