Sharp's Hill Formation

The Sharp's Hill Formation is a Bathonian geologic formation in North Oxfordshire north-east of Milton-under-Wychwood and Minster Lovell 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.^[1] It is the lateral equivalent of the Rutland Formation and the Fuller's Earth Formation.^[2]

TypeGeological formation

Unit ofGreat Oolite Group

UnderliesTaynton Limestone Formation

OverliesChipping Norton Limestone, Horsehay Sand Formation

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Sharp's Hill Formation
Stratigraphic range: Bathonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type locality (Sharp's Hill Quarry)
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Great Oolite Group
Underlies	Taynton Limestone Formation
Overlies	Chipping Norton Limestone, Horsehay Sand Formation
Thickness	up to 5 m
Lithology
Primary	Mudstone Marl Limestone
Location
Region	England
Country	United Kingdom
Type section
Named for	Sharp's Hill Quarry

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The type locality is the Sharp's Hill Quarry.^[3]