White Limestone Formation Explained
The White Limestone Formation is a Bathonian geologic formation in the United Kingdom, dating to the Middle Jurassic, 168.3 to 166.1 million years ago.[1] Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[2] It is the lateral equivalent of the Blisworth Limestone. It predominantly consists of grey-yellow limestone, typically wackestone and packstone with subordinate ooidal grainstone. The Woodeaton Quarry locality has yielded microvertebrates.[3]
Paleobiota
Dinosaurs
Mammaliamorphs
See also
References
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. .
Notes and References
- Web site: The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details White Limestone Formation. British Geological Survey. 17 April 2017.
- Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- Wills. Simon. Bernard. Emma Louise. Brewer. Philippa. Underwood. Charlie J.. Ward. David J.. 2019-04-01. Palaeontology, stratigraphy and sedimentology of Woodeaton Quarry (Oxfordshire) and a new microvertebrate site from the White Limestone Formation (Bathonian, Jurassic). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. en. 130. 2. 170–186. 10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.02.003. 135409990 . 0016-7878.
- Mao . Fangyuan . Brewer . Philippa . Hooker . Jerry J. . Meng . Jin . 2022-12-31 . New allotherian specimens from the Middle Jurassic Woodeaton Quarry (Oxfordshire) and implications for haramiyidan diversity and phylogeny . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . en . 20 . 1 . 1–37 . 10.1080/14772019.2022.2097021 . 251708147 . 1477-2019.