The Coralline Oolite Formation is a limestone formation of Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) age, found in the Cleveland Basin of North Yorkshire, England.
Coral Rag Member
The rock forms some of the hills around Oxford and was once used as building stone. Coral rag can be seen in some of the oldest buildings in that city, including the Saxon tower of St Michael at the Northgate, St George's Tower of Oxford Castle and the mediaeval walls of the city.
Hambleton Oolite Member This ooidal limestone lies above either the Yedmandale Member or the Lower Calcareous Grit Formation. It is overlain by either the Middle Calcareous Grit or Malton Oolite Members. It is distinguished from the latter by its smaller grain-size and poorer sorting.
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs The following dinosaurs were reported from the formation, with many of them reidentified.Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Jurassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 545–549. .
Taxa Location Description Images Dinosauria Undescribed dinosaur genus. Berkshire, England Metriacanthosaurus M. parkeri misidentified Actually from the Weymouth Member. Sauropoda Indeterminate remains. Oxfordshire, England "(=Cetiosaurus sp.)" Stegosauridae Indeterminate remains. North Yorkshire, England. "(=Omosaurus phillipsi)" "Juvenile femur.""Table 16.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 345. Theropoda Indeterminate remains. Indeterminate remains. Possible indeterminate theropod remains. North Yorkshire & Oxfordshire, England "(=Megalosaurus bucklandii)" "(=Megalosaurus sp.)" "(=?Cryptodraco sp.)"
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