White Limestone Formation
| White Limestone Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
.jpg) White Limestone Formation exposed at Kirtlington Quarry | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Great Oolite Group |
| Sub-units | Shipton Member, Ardley Member, Bladon Member |
| Underlies | Forest Marble Formation |
| Overlies | Hampen Formation, Rutland Formation |
| Thickness | Up to 30 m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Mudstone Clay Marl |
| Location | |
| Region | England |
| Country |  UK |
| Extent | Gloucestershire |
| Type section | |
| Location | Shipton-on-Cherwell Quarry |
| Thickness at type section | Approximately 20 m |
The White Limestone Formation is a
Paleobiota
Dinosaurs
| Dinosaurs reported from the White Limestone Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Dromaeosauridae | Indeterminate | Woodeaton Quarry | Bed 26, Bladon Member | Teeth | ||
| Thyreophora | ||||||
| cf. Paronychodon | ||||||
Mammaliamorphs
| Mammaliamorphs reported from the White Limestone Formation | |||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images | |
| Amphitheriidae | Indeterminate | Woodeaton Quarry | Bed 26, Bladon Member | Tooth | |||
| Phascolotherium | P. bucklandi | Eutriconodont
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| Hahnotherium | H. antiquum | Multituberculata | |||||
| Simpsonodon | S. oxfordensis | Docodont
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| Woodeatonia[4] | W. parva | Allotherian | |||||
| Butlerodon[4] | B. quadratus | Allotherian | |||||
| Kermackodon[4] | K. oxfordensis | Allotherian, formerly placed in Eleutherodon[4]
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| Stereognathus | Indeterminate | Tritylodontid
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See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
Footnotes
- ^ "The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details White Limestone Formation". British Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- S2CID 135409990.
- ^ S2CID 251708147.
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.