| Chipping Norton Limestone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Bathonian ~ | |
 Exposure of the Hook Norton Member at Hook Norton Cutting and Banks | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Great Oolite Group |
| Underlies | Fuller's Earth & Sharp's Hill Formations |
| Overlies | Grantham, Northampton Sand & Whitby Mudstone Formations |
| Thickness | 0–12 m (0–39 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 52°00′N 1°36′W / 52.0°N 1.6°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 41°36′N 8°48′E / 41.6°N 8.8°E |
| Region | England |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Extent | North Gloucestershire, north Oxfordshire |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Chipping Norton |
  Chipping Norton Limestone (England)  Chipping Norton Limestone (Oxfordshire) | |
The Chipping Norton Limestone is a geological formation in the Cotswolds, England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic).[1][2] Including those of dinosaurs Cetiosaurus, Megalosaurus and Cruxicheiros as well as the Tritylodontid Stereognathus. It primarily consists of ooidal limestone.
- ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Middle Jurassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 538–541. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ British Geological Survey. "Chipping Norton Limestone Formation". BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. Retrieved 2 June 2019.