Chipping Norton Formation

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]

Color key

Taxon	Reclassified taxon	Taxon falsely reported as present	Dubious taxon or junior synonym	Ichnotaxon	Ootaxon	Morphotaxon

Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; ~~crossed out~~ taxa are discredited.

Dinosaurs reported from the Chipping Norton Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Alocodon^[2]	Indeterminate^[2]	Gloucestershire^[3]			Actually indeterminate ornithischian remains.^[3]	Megalosaurus Megalosaurus "Scrotum humanum"
Cetiosaurus^[4]	C. giganteus^[5]	Oxfordshire^[5]			Actually indeterminate sauropod remains.^[5]
Cetiosaurus^[4]	Indeterminate^[4]	Gloucestershire^[3] Oxfordshire^[5]			Actually indeterminate sauropod remains.^[5]
Megalosaurus^[4]	Indeterminate^[4]	Gloucestershire^[3] ~~Oxfordshire~~^[5]			Oxfordshire remains later found to be from an indeterminate theropod.^[5]
Omosaurus^[5]	O. vetustus^[5]	Oxfordshire^[5]			Actually indeterminate stegosaur remains.^[5]
Phyllodon^[6]	Indeterminate^[6]	Gloucestershire^[3]			Actually indeterminate ornithischian remains.^[3]
Stegosauria^[3]	Indeterminate^[3]	Gloucestershire^[3]			Previously assigned to Stegosaurus sp. and (tentatively) Omosaurus vetustus.^[3]
Streptospondylus^[5]	S. cuvieri^[5]	Oxfordshire^[5]		"Vertebrae [and] limb elements."^[7]	Actually indeterminate theropod remains.^[5]

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b Listed as "cf. Alocodon sp." in "10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 538.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 538.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "10.11 Oxfordshire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 540.
^ ^a ^b 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.

Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.