Ampthill Clay

Ampthill Clay
Stratigraphic range: Oxfordian
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofAncholme Group
UnderliesKimmeridge Clay
OverliesWest Walton Formation or Corallian Group
Thickness0-90 m
Lithology
PrimaryMudstone
OtherLimestone, Marl
Location
RegionEngland
CountryUnited Kingdom

The Ampthill Clay is a Mesozoic geological formation in southern England. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. ^ "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 367.

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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