| Sharp's Hill Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
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| 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 | United Kingdom |
| 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 bucklandii4
- Cetiosaurus sp. (sauropod indet)
- "Eoplophysis" (Omosaurus) vetustus (stegosaurid indet)
See also
See also
Footnotes
Footnotes
- Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- British Geological Survey. "Sharp's Hill Formation". BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- "Sharp's Hill Quarry citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 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
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.