| White Limestone Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
.jpg) White Limestone Formation exposed at Kirtlington Quarry | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Great Oolite Group |
| Sub-units | Shipton Member, Ardley Member, Bladon Member |
| Underlies | Forest Marble Formation |
| Overlies | Hampen Formation, Rutland Formation |
| Thickness | Up to 30 m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Mudstone Clay Marl |
| Location | |
| Region | England |
| Country |  UK |
| Extent | Gloucestershire |
| Type section | |
| Location | Shipton-on-Cherwell Quarry |
| Thickness at type section | Approximately 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]
- ^ "The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units β Result Details White Limestone Formation". British Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ 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): 170β186. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.02.003. ISSN 0016-7878. S2CID 135409990.