Hampen Formation
Appearance
Hampen Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Great Oolite Group |
Underlies | White Limestone Formation |
Overlies | Taynton Limestone Formation, Fuller's Earth Formation |
Thickness | 4-11 m |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Other | Marl |
Location | |
Region | Oxfordshire |
Country | England |
The Hampen Formation is a Jurassic geological formation of Bathonian age found in central Southern England.[1] Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2] This formation was formerly known as the Hamden Marly Formation or the Hamden Marly Beds.[1]
Paleofauna
[edit]Cetiosaurus sp (sauropod indet)
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ a b "Hampen Formation". BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
References
[edit]- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.