Ampthill Clay

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

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
Country UK

Vertebrate paleofauna

  • Cryptosaurus eumerus (ankylosaur indet) "Femur."[2]
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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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