Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries explained

Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries
Aos:	Oxfordshire
Interest:	Geological
Area:	30ha
Notifydate:	1995
Map:	Magic Map

Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries is a 30abbr=offNaNabbr=off geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Kidlington in Oxfordshire.^{[1] [2]} It is a Geological Conservation Review site.^{[3] [4]}

This site exposes a lithostratigraphic succession dating to the Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic, around 167 million years ago. Shipton-on-Cherwell Quarry is described by Natural England as "of international importance as one of the best Upper Bathonian reptile sites known", and it has yielded type material for two species of crocodile. The quarry has also produced the type specimen of the dinosaur Dacentrurus vetustus.^[5]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

51.852°N -1.309°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 16 March 2020.
2. Web site: Map of Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 16 March 2020.
3. Web site: Shipton on Cherwell Cement Works and Whitehill Farm Quarry, Gibraltar (Bathonian) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee . 26 February 2020 .
4. Web site: Shipton on Cherwell Quarry (Jurassic - Cretaceous Reptilia). Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 26 February 2020.
5. Web site: Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 16 March 2020.