Great Oolite Group
| Great Oolite Group Stratigraphic range: Bajocian to Callovian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | Cornbrash Formation, Chipping Norton Limestone, Sharp's Hill Formation, Taynton Limestone Formation, Forest Marble Formation |
| Underlies | Ancholme Group |
| Overlies | Inferior Oolite Group |
| Thickness | 22-200 m (224 m offshore) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | limestone |
The Great Oolite Group is a Middle Jurassic stratigraphic unit that outcrops in southern England and the Hebrides.[1] Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the unit.[2]
Paleofauna
- Cardiodon rugulosus
- Cetiosaurus sp (sauropod indet)
- Cetiosaurus oxoniensis (sauropod indet)
- Megalosaurus bucklandii (theropod indet)
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ "Great Oolite Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ 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.
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