Chipping Norton Limestone
| 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 |
The Chipping Norton Limestone is a geological formation in the Cotswolds, England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic). Including those of dinosaurs Cetiosaurus, Megalosaurus and Cruxicheiros as well as the Tritylodontid Stereognathus. It primarily consists of ooidal limestone.