Saltwick Formation Explained

Saltwick Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Period:	Aalenian
Prilithology:	Mudstone, Siltstone, Sandstone
Otherlithology:	Ironstone
Namedfor:	Saltwick Bay
Region:	Europe
Unitof:	Ravenscar Group
Underlies:	Eller Beck Formation
Overlies:	Dogger Formation
Thickness:	up to 50 m, thinning to 5-10 m
Extent:	Cleveland Basin, Yorkshire

The Saltwick Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic formation in Yorkshire and the western North Sea. It is primarily Aalenian in age. Fossil footprints, assigned to the tetrapod ichnogenus Characichnos, as well as stegosaur tracks have been reported from the formation.^{[1] [2]} An indeterminate sauropod, nicknamed Alan, has also been reported from the formation.^[3]

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
    • Stegosaur tracks

References

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

Notes and References

1. Whyte . M. A. . Romano . M. . 2001-09-01 . A Dinosaur Ichnocoenosis From the Middle Jurassic of Yorkshire, UK . Ichnos . 8 . 3–4 . 223–234 . 10.1080/10420940109380189 . 2001Ichno...8..223W . 128891012 . 1042-0940.
2. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
3. Manning. Phillip L.. Egerton. Victoria M.. Romano. Mike. 2015-06-01. A New Sauropod Dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of the United Kingdom. PLOS ONE. en. 10. 6. e0128107. 10.1371/journal.pone.0128107. 1932-6203. 4452486. 26030865. free. 2015PLoSO..1028107M .