Sharp's Hill Formation
Sharp's Hill Formation Stratigraphic range: Bathonian | |
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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 | UK |
Type section | |
Named for | Sharp's Hill Quarry |
The Sharp's Hill Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in the United Kingdom. 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]
Contents
Paleofauna
- Megalosaurus sp. (theropod indet)
- Cetiosaurus sp. (sauropod indet)
- Omosaurus vetustus (stegosaurid indet)
See also
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.
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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