Chipping Norton Formation

Chipping Norton Formation
Type Geological formation
Location
Country  England

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]

"Scrotum humanum"

Cetiosaurus[4]

C. giganteus[5]

  • Oxfordshire[5]

Actually indeterminate sauropod remains.[5]

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]

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Listed as "cf. Alocodon sp." in "10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 538.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 "10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 538.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "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.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 "10.11 Oxfordshire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 540.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Listed as "cf. Phyllodon sp." in "10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 2. Chipping Norton Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 538.
  7. "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 78.

References