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The Taynton Limestone Formation (also known informally as the Stonesfield Slate) is a geological formation in the UK. It dates to the Middle Jurassic

Middle Jurassic

The Middle Jurassic is the second epoch of the Jurassic Period. It lasted from 176-161 million years ago. In European lithostratigraphy, rocks of this Middle Jurassic age are called the Dogger....

, mid-Bathonian

Bathonian

In the geologic timescale the Bathonian is an age or stage of the Middle Jurassic. It lasted from approximately 167.7 Ma to around 164.7 Ma...

stage.

Dinosaurs

Dinosaur Dinosaur Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of... s of the Stonesfield Slate
Taxa	Presence	Description	Images
Superorder: Dinosauria Possible dinosaur eggs.	Geographically present in Oxfordshire, England.
Genus: Euornithopoda Indeterminate remains.	Geographically present in Oxfordshire, England.
Genus: Iliosuchus Iliosuchus Iliosuchus is a genus of theropod dinosaur known from Bathonian–age rocks of England. It was perhaps long.... I. incognitus	Geographically present in Oxfordshire, England.	Two ilia.
Genus: Megalosaurus Megalosaurus Megalosaurus is a genus of large meat-eating theropod dinosaurs of the Middle Jurassic period of Europe... M. bucklandii	Geographically present in Oxfordshire, England.
Infraorder: Sauropoda Sauropoda Sauropoda , or the sauropods , are an infraorder of saurischian dinosaurs. They had long necks, long tails, small heads , and thick, pillar-like legs. They are notable for the enormous sizes attained by some species, and the group includes the largest animals to have ever lived on land... Indeterminate remains.	Geographically present in Oxfordshire, England.	"(=Cetiosaurus Cetiosaurus Cetiosaurus meaning 'whale lizard', from the Greek cetus/κητος meaning 'sea monster' and saurus/σαυρος meaning 'lizard', was a sauropod dinosaur from the Mid to Late Jurassic Period in what are now Europe and Africa. It is estimated to have been about long and to have weighed roughly... oxoniensis)"

Pterosaurs

Pterosaur Pterosaur Pterosaurs were flying reptiles of the clade or order Pterosauria. They existed from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period . Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight... s of the Stonesfield Slate
Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images
Genus: Rhamphocephalus Rhamphocephalus Rhamphocephalus is an extinct genus of pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of England. Its wingspan was about 2 m . Jaw and wing fragments of Bathonian age, Stonesfield Slate of Oxfordshire, England. Its features are considered to be transitional between the "rhamphorhynchoids" and pterodactyloids... R. bucklandi R. depressirostris R. prestwichi	Geographically present at Stonesfield Stonesfield Stonesfield is a village and civil parish about north of Witney in Oxfordshire.The village is on the crest of an escarpment. The parish extends mostly north and north-east of the village, in which directions the land rises gently and then descends to the Glyme at Glympton and Wootton about to the... , Oxfordshire. Geographically present at Sarsden near Chipping Norton Chipping Norton Chipping Norton is a market town in the Cotswold Hills in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England, about southwest of Banbury.-History until the 17th century:... , Oxfordshire. Geographically present at Kineton near Stow-on-the-Wold Stow-on-the-Wold Stow-on-the-Wold is a market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is situated on top of an 800 ft hill, at the convergence of a number of major roads through the Cotswolds, including the Fosse Way . The town was founded as a planned market place by Norman lords to take... , Gloucestershire.

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