Northampton Sand Formation

Northampton Sands Formation
Type	Geological formation

The Northampton Sand Formation is a Middle Jurassic geological formation which is placed within the Inferior Oolite Group.^[1] It was formerly worked extensively in Northamptonshire for its ironstone. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.^[2]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils

Footnotes

1. British Geological Survey 2002 Kettering England and Wales sheet 171, solid & drift geology. 1:50,000 (Keyworth, Nottingham: BGS)
2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

References

• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.