Earth:Sharp's Hill Formation
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| Sharp's Hill Formation Stratigraphic range: Bathonian | |
|---|---|
 Type locality (Sharp's Hill Quarry) | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Great Oolite Group |
| Underlies | Taynton Limestone Formation |
| Overlies | Chipping Norton Limestone, Horsehay Sand Formation |
| Thickness | up to 5 m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Mudstone Marl Limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | England |
| Country |  UK |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Sharp's Hill Quarry |
The Sharp's Hill Formation is a Bathonian geologic formation in North Oxfordshire north-east of Milton-under-Wychwood and Minster Lovell in the United Kingdom , dating to around 167 million years ago. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1] It is the lateral equivalent of the Rutland Formation and the Fuller's Earth Formation.[2]
The type locality is the Sharp's Hill Quarry.[3]
Paleofauna
- Megalosaurus bucklandii[4]
- Cetiosaurus sp. (sauropod indet)
- "Eoplophysis" (Omosaurus) vetustus (stegosaurid indet)
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera
Footnotes
- ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ↑ British Geological Survey. "Sharp's Hill Formation". https://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=SHHB.
- ↑ "Sharp's Hill Quarry citation". Natural England. https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000248.pdf. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ↑ Benson, R. B. J. (2010). A description of Megalosaurus bucklandii (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Bathonian of the UK and the relationships of Middle Jurassic theropods. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158 (4): 882–935. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00569.x.
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.
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