Chipping Norton Limestone

The Chipping Norton Limestone is a geological formation in the Cotswolds, England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic).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. . Including those of dinosaurs Cetiosaurus, Megalosaurus and Cruxicheiros as well as the Tritylodontid Stereognathus. It primarily consists of ooidal limestone.

Fossil content The so-called "Scrotum humanum" remains may have come from this formation.

Dinosaurs Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images AlocodonListed as "cf. Alocodon sp." in "10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 538. Indeterminate Gloucestershire"10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 538. Actually indeterminate ornithischian remains. Cetiosaurus"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. C. giganteus Oxfordshire"10.11 Oxfordshire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 540. Actually indeterminate sauropod remains. Indeterminate Gloucestershire Oxfordshire Actually indeterminate sauropod remains. DromaeosauridaeIndeterminateOxfordshireWoodeaton Quarry"Teeth"Indeterminate teeth. Remains represent three genera. Same species also present in the Forest Marble Formation. Megalosaurus Indeterminate Gloucestershire Oxfordshire Oxfordshire remains later found to be from an indeterminate theropod. Lexovisaurus L. durobrivensis Oxfordshire PhyllodonListed as "cf. Phyllodon sp." in "10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 538. Indeterminate Gloucestershire Actually indeterminate ornithischian remains. Stegosauria Indeterminate Gloucestershire Previously assigned to Stegosaurus sp. and (tentatively) Omosaurus vetustus. Streptospondylus S. cuvieri Oxfordshire "Vertebrae [and] limb elements.""Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78. Actually indeterminate theropod remains. TroodontidaeIndeterminateOxfordshireHornsleasow Quarry"Tooth"Specimen GCLRM G8-23. TherizinosauroideaIndeterminateOxfordshireHornsleasow Quarry"Tooth"Specimen GCLRM G167-32. First record of Therizinosauroidea in Europe.

See also List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England

References

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