Taynton Limestone Formation

Taynton Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Bathonian
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Type Geological formation
Unit of Great Oolite Group
Underlies Hampen Formation, Rutland Formation
Overlies Fuller's Earth Formation, Sharp's Hill Formation, Horsehay Sand Formation
Thickness 0-11 m
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Other Marl, Sandstone
Location
Region Oxfordshire
Country  England
Type section
Named for Taynton, Oxfordshire
Location Lee's Quarry, Taynton Down, Oxfordshire

The Taynton Limestone (also known informally as the Stonesfield Slate)[1] is a geological formation in the United Kingdom. It dates to the Middle Jurassic, mid-Bathonian stage.[2]

Vertebrate fauna

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs of the Stonesfield Slate
Taxa Presence Description Images

Superorder:

  1. Possible dinosaur eggs.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Oxfordshire, England.[1]
Megalosaurus

Genus:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Oxfordshire, England.[1]

Genus:

  1. I. incognitus[1]
  1. Geographically present in Oxfordshire, England.[1]

Two ilia.[3]

Genus:

  1. M. bucklandii[1]
  1. Geographically present in Oxfordshire, England.[1]

Infraorder:

  1. Indeterminate remains.[1]
  1. Geographically present in Oxfordshire, England.[1]
  1. "(=Cetiosaurus oxoniensis)"[1]

Pterosaurs

Pterosaurs of the Stonesfield Slate
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Genus:

  1. R. bucklandi[4]
  2. R. depressirostris[4]
  3. R. prestwichi[4]
  1. Geographically present at Stonesfield, Oxfordshire.[4]
  2. Geographically present at Sarsden near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.[4]
  3. Geographically present at Kineton near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.[4]

Invertebrate fauna

Invertebrates of the Stonesfield Slate
Taxa Presence Notes Images

Genus:
  1. Geographically present at Stonesfield.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 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. ↑ Benson, R.B.J. (2009). "An assessment of variability in theropod dinosaur remains from the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) of Stonesfield and New Park Quarry, UK and taxonomic implications for Megalosaurus bucklandii and Iliosuchus incognitus." Palaeontology, doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00884.x
  3. ↑ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 73.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wellnhofer, Peter (1991). "Summary of Middle Jurassic Pterosaurs." The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs. London, UK: Salamander Books Limited. p. 81. ISBN 0-86101-566-5.
  5. ↑ United States Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1892-01-01.
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