Ampthill Clay

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Ampthill Clay
Stratigraphic range: Oxfordian
Type Geological formation
Unit of Ancholme Group
Underlies Kimmeridge Clay
Overlies West Walton Formation or Corallian Group
Thickness0-90 m
Lithology
Primary Mudstone
Other Limestone, Marl
Location
Region England
CountryUnited Kingdom

The Ampthill Clay is a Mesozoic geological formation in southern England. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. [1]

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Vertebrate paleofauna

See also

Footnotes

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 367.

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