| Chipping Norton Formation | |
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The Chipping Norton Formation is a geological formation in Europe. It dates back to the Middle Jurassic. [1]
| Chipping Norton Formation | |
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| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
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The Chipping Norton Formation is a geological formation in Europe. It dates back to the Middle Jurassic. [1]
The so-called "Scrotum humanum" remains may have come from this formation. [1]
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| Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
| Dinosaurs reported from the Chipping Norton Formation | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Indeterminate [2] |
| Actually indeterminate ornithischian remains. [3] |    | |||
C. giganteus [5] |
| Actually indeterminate sauropod remains. [5] | ||||
Indeterminate [4] | Actually indeterminate sauropod remains. [5] | |||||
Indeterminate [4] | Oxfordshire remains later found to be from an indeterminate theropod. [5] | |||||
O. vetustus [5] |
| Actually indeterminate stegosaur remains. [5] | ||||
Indeterminate [6] |
| Actually indeterminate ornithischian remains. [3] | ||||
Indeterminate [3] |
| Previously assigned to Stegosaurus sp. and (tentatively) Omosaurus vetustus . [3] | ||||
S. cuvieri [5] |
| "Vertebrae [and] limb elements." [7] | Actually indeterminate theropod remains. [5] | |||
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