White Limestone Formation

White Limestone Formation
Stratigraphic range: Bathonian
White Limestone Formation exposed at Kirtlington Quarry
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofGreat Oolite Group
Sub-unitsShipton Member, Ardley Member, Bladon Member
UnderliesForest Marble Formation
OverliesHampen Formation, Rutland Formation
ThicknessUp to 30 m
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherMudstone Clay Marl
Location
RegionEngland
Country UK
ExtentGloucestershire
Type section
LocationShipton-on-Cherwell Quarry
Thickness at type sectionApproximately 20 m

The White Limestone Formation is a Bathonian geologic formation in the United Kingdom, dating to the Middle Jurassic, 168.3 to 166.1 million years ago.[1] Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[2] It is the lateral equivalent of the Blisworth Limestone. It predominantly consists of grey-yellow limestone, typically wackestone and packstone with subordinate ooidal grainstone. The Woodeaton Quarry locality has yielded microvertebrates.[3]

  1. ^ "The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units — Result Details White Limestone Formation". British Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  3. ^ Wills, Simon; Bernard, Emma Louise; Brewer, Philippa; Underwood, Charlie J.; Ward, David J. (1 April 2019). "Palaeontology, stratigraphy and sedimentology of Woodeaton Quarry (Oxfordshire) and a new microvertebrate site from the White Limestone Formation (Bathonian, Jurassic)". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 130 (2): 170–186. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.02.003. ISSN 0016-7878. S2CID 135409990.