Chipping Norton Limestone

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Chipping Norton Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Bathonian
~167–165  Ma
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Exposure of the Hook Norton Member at Hook Norton Cutting and Banks
Type Formation
Unit of Great Oolite Group
Underlies Fuller's Earth & Sharp's Hill Formations
Overlies Grantham, Northampton Sand & Whitby Mudstone Formations
Thickness0–12 m (0–39 ft)
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Other Mudstone
Location
Coordinates 52°00′N1°36′W / 52.0°N 1.6°W / 52.0; -1.6
Approximate paleocoordinates 41°36′N8°48′E / 41.6°N 8.8°E / 41.6; 8.8
Region England
Country United Kingdom
ExtentNorth Gloucestershire, north Oxfordshire
Type section
Named for Chipping Norton
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Chipping Norton Limestone (England)
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Chipping Norton Limestone (Oxfordshire)

The Chipping Norton Limestone is a geological formation in the Cotswolds, England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic). [1] [2] Including those of dinosaurs Cetiosaurus, Megalosaurus and Cruxicheiros as well as the Tritylodontid Stereognathus . It primarily consists of ooidal limestone.

Contents

Fossil content

The so-called "Scrotum humanum" remains may have come from this formation. [1]

Dinosaurs
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
Alocodon [3] Indeterminate [3] Gloucestershire [4] Actually indeterminate ornithischian remains. [4]
Cetiosaurus [5] C. giganteus [6] Oxfordshire [6] Actually indeterminate sauropod remains. [6]
Indeterminate [5]
  • Gloucestershire [4]
  • Oxfordshire [6]
Actually indeterminate sauropod remains. [6]
Dromaeosauridae [7] Indeterminate [7] Oxfordshire [7] Woodeaton Quarry [7] "Teeth" [7] Indeterminate teeth. Remains represent three genera. [7] Same species also present in the Forest Marble Formation.
Megalosaurus [5] Indeterminate [5]
  • Gloucestershire [4]
  • Oxfordshire [6]
Oxfordshire remains later found to be from an indeterminate theropod. [6]
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Omosaurus [6] O. vetustus [6] Oxfordshire [6] Actually indeterminate stegosaur remains. [6]
Phyllodon [8] Indeterminate [8] Gloucestershire [4] Actually indeterminate ornithischian remains. [4]
Stegosauria [4] Indeterminate [4] Gloucestershire [4] Previously assigned to Stegosaurus sp. and (tentatively) Omosaurus vetustus . [4]
"Scrotum humanum" Scrotum humanum.jpg
"Scrotum humanum"
Streptospondylus [6] S. cuvieri [6] Oxfordshire [6] "Vertebrae [and] limb elements." [9] Actually indeterminate theropod remains. [6]
Troodontidae [7] Indeterminate [7] Oxfordshire [7] Hornsleasow Quarry [7] "Tooth" [7] Specimen GCLRM G8-23. [7]
Therizinosauroidea [7] Indeterminate [7] Oxfordshire [7] Hornsleasow Quarry [7] "Tooth" [7] Specimen GCLRM G167-32. First record of Therizinosauroidea in Europe. [7]
Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxonTaxon falsely reported as presentDubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Middle Jurassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 538–541. ISBN   0-520-24209-2.
  2. British Geological Survey. "Chipping Norton Limestone Formation". BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  3. 1 2 Listed as "cf. Alocodon sp." in "10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 538.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 538.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation" and "10.11 Oxfordshire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 538,540.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "10.11 Oxfordshire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 540.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Wills, S.; Underwood, C. J.; Barrett, P. M. (2023). "Machine learning confirms new records of maniraptoran theropods in Middle Jurassic UK microvertebrate faunas" (PDF). Papers in Palaeontology. 9 (2). e1487. Bibcode:2023PPal....9E1487W. doi: 10.1002/spp2.1487 .
  8. 1 2 Listed as "cf. Phyllodon sp." in "10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 538.
  9. "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.

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