Locality
2°0´ west longitude, 52°50´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Peterborough near Oxford, England

Personal relationship of donor
Stratigraphic reference collection

Historical relevance of location
Clay pits and limestone quarries around Oxford provided numerous fossils, which helped to define the Oxfordian, the lowest stage of the Upper Jurassic.

Political relevance of location
Quarries around Oxford supplied London with construction materials.

Geological relevance of location
marine sediment

Classification of the earth

Structure	limestone
Colour	grey
Age	Oxfordian, Jurassic, 160 million years
other	Grey dimension stone and red bricks from the area around Oxford are typical construction materials in London.

Donor

Geoscientific Collections Section of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
 Hannover,
 Germany