Ampthill Clay

Ampthill Clay
Ampthill Clay
Stratigraphic range: Oxfordian
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Ancholme Group
Underlies	Kimmeridge Clay
Overlies	West Walton Formation or Corallian Group
Thickness	0-90 m
Lithology
Primary	Mudstone
Other	Limestone, Marl
Location
Region	England
Country	UK

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]

Vertebrate paleofauna

Cryptosaurus eumerus "Femur."^[2]

Footnotes

^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
^ "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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[dinosaurdistribution-1] Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

[table-17-1-367-2] "Table 17.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 367.

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Ampthill Clay

Vertebrate paleofauna

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