White Limestone Formation
| White Limestone Formation Stratigraphic range: Bathonian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Great Oolite Group |
| Underlies | Forest Marble Formation |
| Overlies | Hampen Formation, Rutland Formation |
| Thickness | Up to 30 m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Mudstone Clay Marl |
| Location | |
| Region | England |
| Country |
 |
| Extent | Gloucestershire |
| Type section | |
| Location | Shipton-on-Cherwell Quarry |
| Thickness at type section | Approximately 20 m |
The White Limestone Formation is a Bathonian geologic formation in the United Kingdom, dating to the Middle Jurassic, 168.3 to 166.1 millions years ago.[1] Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[2] It is the lateral equivalent of the Blisworth Limestone
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ "The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details White Limestone Formation". British Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ↑ 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.
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.