Rutland Formation

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Rutland Formation
Stratigraphic range: Bajocian-Bathonian
Type Formation
Unit of Great Oolite Group
Sub-unitsStamford Member, Thorncroft Sand Member, Wellingborough Limestone Member
Underlies Blisworth Limestone, White Limestone Formation
Overlies Lincolnshire limestone, Northampton Sand Formation
ThicknessTypically about 8 to 12m, up to 15m
Lithology
Primary Mudstone
Other Limestone
Location
Region England
Country United Kingdom

The Rutland Formation is a geologic formation in England. It preserves fossils dated to the late Bajocian to Bathonian ages of the Jurassic period, about 169 million years ago. It is the lateral equivalent of the Sharp's Hill Formation and the Fuller's Earth Formation. The "Rutland Dinosaur" specimen of Cetiosaurus is known from the formation. [1]

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Paleobiota

GenusSpeciesDist.MemberMaterialNotesImages

Cetiosaurus [2]

C. oxoniensis [2]

Great Casterton QuarryFreshwater Series

"Rutland Dinosaur" specimen consisting of " cervicals `2±14', some with ribs of the left or both sides; neural arches, spinesor centra of at least 11 dorsals and many thoracic rib fragments; at least four sacral centra, with parts of theparapophyses; four sacral ribs and possible sacral spines; 13 anterior caudals; several damaged chevrons;fragments of both ilia and the left ischium; and the right femur." [1]

Cetiosaurus Cetiosaurus.jpg
Cetiosaurus
Sauropoda IndetWoodeaton QuarryUndescribed. [3]
Dinosauria

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Upchurch, Paul; Martin, John (November 2002). "The Rutland Cetiosaurus: the anatomy and relationships of a Middle Jurassic British sauropod dinosaur". Palaeontology. 45 (6): 1049–1074. doi: 10.1111/1475-4983.00275 . ISSN   0031-0239.
  2. 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.
  3. ↑ Wills, Simon; Bernard, Emma Louise; Brewer, Philippa; Underwood, Charlie J.; Ward, David J. (April 2019). "Palaeontology, stratigraphy and sedimentology of Woodeaton Quarry (Oxfordshire) and a new microvertebrate site from the White Limestone Formation (Bathonian, Jurassic)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 130 (2): 170–186. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.02.003.


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