Earth:Chipping Norton Formation
| Chipping Norton Formation | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Country |  England |
The Chipping Norton Formation is a geological formation in Europe. It dates back to the Middle Jurassic.[1]
Vertebrate fauna
The so-called "Scrotum humanum" remains may have come from this formation.[1]
| Dinosaurs reported from the Chipping Norton Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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Indeterminate[2] |
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Actually indeterminate ornithischian remains.[3] |
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C. giganteus[5] |
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Actually indeterminate sauropod remains.[5] | ||||
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Indeterminate[4] |
Actually indeterminate sauropod remains.[5] | |||||
|
Megalosaurus[4] |
Indeterminate[4] |
Oxfordshire remains later found to be from an indeterminate theropod.[5] | ||||
|
O. vetustus[5] |
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Actually indeterminate stegosaur remains.[5] | ||||
|
Phyllodon[6] |
Indeterminate[6] |
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Actually indeterminate ornithischian remains.[3] | |||
|
Stegosauria[3] |
Indeterminate[3] |
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Previously assigned to Stegosaurus sp. and (tentatively) Omosaurus vetustus.[3] | |||
|
S. cuvieri[5] |
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"Vertebrae [and] limb elements."[7] |
Actually indeterminate theropod remains.[5] | |||
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Listed as "cf. Alocodon sp." in "10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 538.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 "10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 538.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation" and "10.11 Oxfordshire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 538,540.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 "10.11 Oxfordshire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 540.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Listed as "cf. Phyllodon sp." in "10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 538.
- ↑ "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.
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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