The Rutland Formation is a
geologic formation in
England. It preserves
fossils
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
dating back to the late
Bajocian to
Bathonian stages in the
Jurassic period, about 169 million years ago. It is the lateral equivalent of the
Sharp's Hill Formation
The Sharp's Hill Formation is a Bathonian geologic formation in the United Kingdom, dating to around 167 million years ago. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weish ...
and the
Fuller's Earth Formation. The "Rutland Dinosaur" specimen of ''
Cetiosaurus'' is known from the formation.
Paleobiota
See also
*
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England
See also
* Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Europe
* Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the United Kingdom
References
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England
United Kingdom geology-rel ...
*
List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
External links
Rutland Formation, FossilworksSearch for Rutland in 'Stratigraphic units'.
Geologic formations of England
Middle Jurassic Europe
Jurassic England
Jurassic System of Europe
Bathonian Stage
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