Hampen Formation

Hampen Formation
Stratigraphic range: Bathonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Great Oolite Group
Underlies	White Limestone Formation
Overlies	Taynton Limestone Formation, Fuller's Earth Formation
Thickness	4-11 m
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Marl
Location
Region	Oxfordshire
Country	England

The Hampen Formation is a Jurassic geological formation of Bathonian age found in central Southern England. ^[1] Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. ^[2] This formation was formerly known as the Hamden Marly Formation or the Hamden Marly Beds. ^[1]

Paleofauna

Cetiosaurus sp (sauropod indet)

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• Paleontology portal
• Dinosaurs portal

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera

Footnotes

1. "Hampen Formation". BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey . Retrieved 9 July 2018.
2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

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.