Earth:Great Oolite Group
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| Great Oolite Group Stratigraphic range: Bajocian-Callovian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | Cornbrash Formation, Chipping Norton Limestone, Sharp's Hill Formation, Taynton Limestone Formation, Forest Marble Formation, Hampen Formation, White Limestone Formation, Rutland Formation, Blisworth Limestone, Blisworth Clay Formation, Chalfield Oolite Formation, Corsham Limestone Formation, Athelstan Oolite Formation, Horsehay Sand Formation |
| Underlies | Ancholme Group |
| Overlies | Inferior Oolite Group |
| Thickness | 22–200 m (72–656 ft) (224 m (735 ft) offshore) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone, Mudstone |
| Other | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Region | Europe |
| Country |  England |
| Extent | Dorset to Norfolk |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Oolite |
The Great Oolite Group is a Middle Jurassic stratigraphic unit that outcrops in southern England.[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
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera
References
- ↑ "Great Oolite Group". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. http://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=GOG. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
Bibliography
- 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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