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
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

Vertebrate paleofauna

• Cryptosaurus eumerus "Femur."^[2]

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• Paleontology portal
• Dinosaurs portal

• 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.