Lulworth_Formation

Lulworth Formation

Lulworth Formation

Add article description


The Lulworth Formation is a geologic formation in England. It dates from the late Tithonian to the mid Berriasian. It is a subunit of the Purbeck Group.[1] In Dorset, it consists of three members, which are in ascending order, the Mupe Member, the Ridgway Member, and the Warbarrow Tout Member. The Mupe Member is typically 11 to 16 m thick and largely consists of marls and micrites with interbeds of calcareous mudstone.[2] The Ridgeway Member is about 3 to 7 m thick and consists of in its western portion carbonaceous muds, marls and micrites, in the east the muds are replaced by micritic limestone.[3] The Warbarrow Tout Member is 17 to 39 m thick and consists of limestone at the base and micrite and mudstone for the rest of the sequence,[4] this member is the primary source of the vertebrate fossils within the formation.[5][6] Elsewhere the unit is undifferentiated.

Quick Facts Type, Unit of ...

Vertebrate paleobiota

Amphibians

More information Amphibians reported from the Lulworth Formation, Genus ...

Turtles

More information Turtles reported from the Lulworth Formation, Genus ...

Lepidosaurs

More information Lepidosaurs reported from the Lulworth Formation, Genus ...

Crocodyliformes

More information Crocodyliformes reported from the Lulworth Formation, Genus ...

Dinosaurs

More information Dinosaurs reported from the Lulworth Formation, Genus ...

Mammals

More information Mammals reported from the Lulworth Formation, Genus ...

See also


References

  1. "Lulworth Formation". BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. "Mupe Member". BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  3. "Ridgeway Member". BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  4. "Warbarrow Tout Member". BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  5. "Sunnydown Farm Quarry (clay: upper horizon; equivalent to DB 102/103 )". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  6. "Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  7. Evans, Susan E.; McGowan, Gerard J. (2002). "Lissamphibian remains from the Purbeck Limestone Group, southern England". Special Papers in Palaeontology: 104–119.
  8. Milner, Andrew R. (November 2004). "The turtles of the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset, southern England" (PDF). Palaeontology. 47 (6): 1441–1467. doi:10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00418.x. ISSN 0031-0239.
  9. Pérez-García, A. (May 2014). "Revision of the poorly known Dorsetochelys typocardium, a relatively abundant pleurosternid turtle (Paracryptodira) in the Early Cretaceous of Europe". Cretaceous Research. 49: 152–162. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.015. ISSN 0195-6671.



Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Lulworth_Formation, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.