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词条 Ampthill Clay
释义

  1. Vertebrate paleofauna

  2. See also

  3. Footnotes

  4. References

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| type = Geological formation
| age = Oxfordian
| period = Oxfordian
| prilithology = Mudstone
| otherlithology = Limestone, Marl
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| region = England
| country = {{Flag|UK}}
| coordinates =
| unitof = Ancholme Group
| subunits =
| underlies = Kimmeridge Clay
| overlies = West Walton Formation or Corallian Group
| thickness = 0-90 m
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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 (ankylosaur indet) "Femur."[2]

See also

{{Portal|Earth sciences|Paleontology|Dinosaurs||}}
  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
    • List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera

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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1 : Oxfordian Stage

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