Saltwick Formation

The Saltwick Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic formation in Yorkshire and the western North Sea, it is primarily Aalenian in age. Fossil stegosaur tracks have been reported from the formation.[1] An indeterminate sauropod has been reported from the formation.[2]

Saltwick Formation Stratigraphic range: Aalenian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Exposure of the Saltwick Formation at Eston Nab Quarry
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Ravenscar Group
Underlies	Eller Beck Formation
Overlies	Dogger Formation
Thickness	up to 50 m, thinning to 5-10 m
Lithology
Primary	Mudstone, Siltstone, Sandstone
Other	Ironstone
Location
Region	Europe
Country	UK
Extent	Cleveland Basin, Yorkshire
Type section
Named for	Saltwick Bay

See also

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

Footnotes

1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
2. 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. 10 (6): e0128107. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128107. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4452486. PMID 26030865.

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.