Forest Marble Formation

Forest Marble Formation
Type	Geological formation

The Forest Marble is a geological formation in Europe. It dates back to the Middle Jurassic.^[1]

Vertebrate fauna

Ornithischians

Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon		Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

Ornithischians of the Forest Marble Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Abundance	Notes	Images
Alocodon[2]	Indeterminate[2]	Oxfordshire[3]
Hylaeosaurus[4]	Indeterminate[4]	Wiltshire[5]
Iguanodon[6]	Indeterminate[6]	Oxfordshire[3]

Saurischians

Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon		Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

Saurischians reported from the Forest Marble Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Bothriospondylus[7]	B. robustus[5]	Wiltshire[5]		"Dorsal vertebra."[8]		Proceratosaurus
	Indeterminate[3]	Oxfordshire[3]
Cardiodon[5]	C. rugulosus[5]	Wiltshire[5]
Cetiosaurus[9]	C. oxoniensis	Oxfordshire			A cetiosaurid sauropod.
"Cetiosaurus"	C. glymptonensis[3]	Oxfordshire[3]		"Caudal vertebrae."[10]
Megalosaurus[11]	M. bucklandii[12]	Gloucestershire[12]			Actually indeterminate theropod remains.[12]
	Indeterminate[13]	Dorset[14] Oxfordshire[3]			Actually indeterminate theropod remains.[13]
Proceratosaurus[12]	P. bradleyi[12]	Gloucestershire[12]		"Partial skull and mandible."[15]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Footnotes

1. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Middle Jurassic, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 538–541. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
2. Listed as "cf. Alocodon sp." in "10.11 Oxfordshire, England; 6. Forest Marble Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 540.
3. "10.11 Oxfordshire, England; 6. Forest Marble Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 540.
4. Listed as "?Hylaeosaurus sp." in "10.13 Wiltshire, England; 3. Forest Marble Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 540.
5. "10.13 Wiltshire, England; 3. Forest Marble Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 540.
6. Listed as "?Iguanodon sp." in "10.11 Oxfordshire, England; 6. Forest Marble Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 540.
7. "10.11 Oxfordshire, England; 6. Forest Marble Formation" and "10.13 Wiltshire, England; 3. Forest Marble Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 540.
8. "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 270.
9. "10.11 Oxfordshire, England; 6. Forest Marble Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 538, 540.
10. "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 265.
11. Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 539-540.
12. "10.3 Gloucestershire, England; 4. Forest Marble Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 538.
13. "10.7 Dorset, England; 2. Forest Marble Formation" and "10.11 Oxfordshire, England; 6. Forest Marble Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pages 539-540.
14. "10.7 Dorset, England; 2. Forest Marble Formation," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 539.
15. "Table 4.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 76.

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.