Rutland Formation

Rutland Formation
Stratigraphic range: Bajocian-Bathonian

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Type	Formation
Unit of	Great Oolite Group
Sub-units	Stamford Member, Thorncroft Sand Member, Wellingborough Limestone Member
Underlies	Blisworth Limestone, White Limestone Formation
Overlies	Lincolnshire limestone, Northampton Sand Formation
Thickness	Typically about 8 to 12m, up to 15m
Lithology
Primary	Mudstone
Other	Limestone
Location
Region	England
Country	United Kingdom

The Rutland Formation is a geologic formation in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the late Bajocian to Bathonian stages in the Jurassic period, about 169 million years ago. It is the lateral equivalent of the Sharp's Hill Formation and the Fuller's Earth Formation. The "Rutland Dinosaur" specimen of Cetiosaurus is known from the formation.^[1]

Paleobiota[]

Genus	Species	Dist.	Member	Material	Images
Cetiosaurus^[2]	C. oxoniensis^[2]	Great Casterton Quarry	Freshwater Series	"Rutland Dinosaur" specimen consisting of " cervicals `2±14', some with ribs of the left or both sides; neural arches, spinesor centra of at least 11 dorsals and many thoracic rib fragments; at least four sacral centra, with parts of theparapophyses; four sacral ribs and possible sacral spines; 13 anterior caudals; several damaged chevrons;fragments of both ilia and the left ischium; and the right femur."^[1]	Cetiosaurus
Sauropoda	Indet	Woodeaton Quarry		Undescribed.^[3]
Dinosauria	Indet	Woodeaton Quarry		Undescribed.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Upchurch, Paul; Martin, John (November 2002). "The Rutland Cetiosaurus: the anatomy and relationships of a Middle Jurassic British sauropod dinosaur". Palaeontology. 45 (6): 1049–1074. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00275. ISSN 0031-0239.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Wills, Simon; Bernard, Emma Louise; Brewer, Philippa; Underwood, Charlie J.; Ward, David J. (April 2019). "Palaeontology, stratigraphy and sedimentology of Woodeaton Quarry (Oxfordshire) and a new microvertebrate site from the White Limestone Formation (Bathonian, Jurassic)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 130 (2): 170–186. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.02.003.

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