Sharp's Hill Formation
| Sharp's Hill Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Bathonian | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Great Oolite Group |
| Underlies | Taynton Limestone Formation |
| Overlies | Chipping Norton Limestone, Horsehay Sand Formation |
| Thickness | up to 5 m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Mudstone Marl Limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | England |
| Country |  UK |
The Sharp's Hill Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in the United Kingdom. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]. It is the lateral equivalent of the Rutland Formation and the Fuller's Earth Formation
Paleofauna
- Megalosaurus sp (theropod indet)
- Cetiosaurus sp (sauropod indet)
- Omosaurus vetustus (stegosaurid indet)
See also
Footnotes
- ^ 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.
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