White Limestone Formation
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Paleobiota
For the diverse terrestrial biota of the Kirtlington Mammal Bed, which is on the boundary between the White Limestone and the Forest Marble Formation, see Forest Marble Formation#Paleobiota
Dinosaurs
| Dinosaurs reported from the White Limestone Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Proceratosaurus | P. bradleyi | Minchinhampton | Partial skull and lower jaws | A proceratosaurid theropod, other authors have attributed the strata the specimen was found in to the Forest Marble Formation.[4] | ||
| Dromaeosauridae | Indeterminate | Woodeaton Quarry | Bed 26, Bladon Member | Teeth | ||
| Thyreophora | ||||||
| cf. Paronychodon | ||||||
Mammaliamorphs
| Mammaliamorphs reported from the White Limestone Formation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images | |
| Amphitheriidae | Indeterminate | Woodeaton Quarry | Bed 26, Bladon Member | Tooth | |||
| Phascolotherium | P. bucklandi | Eutriconodont | |||||
| Hahnotherium | H. antiquum | Multituberculata | |||||
| Simpsonodon | S. oxfordensis | Docodont | |||||
| Woodeatonia[5] | W. parva | Allotherian | |||||
| Butlerodon[5] | B. quadratus | Allotherian | |||||
| Kermackodon[5] | K. oxfordensis | Allotherian, formerly placed in Eleutherodon[5] | |||||
| Stereognathus | Indeterminate | Tritylodontid | |||||
See also
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Footnotes
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- ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
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- ↑ "10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 4. Forest Marble Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 538.
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References
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. Template:ISBN.