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by louthy 537 days ago
> The climate near Oxfordshire during the Middle Jurassic period would have been "humid, subtropical."

And underwater if that map is anything to go by.
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consumer451 537 days ago
After I posted that, I found this map [0] to try to figure that out. Still not sure, exactly. Would it have been on the Anglo-Brabant Landmass, or the Pennine?

I mean, clearly it was above sea level, right?

[0] https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Generalised-Mid-Jurassic...

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louthy 537 days ago
Pennine is further north (modern Derbyshire/Peak District [1]), so unlikely there. The Anglo-Brabant Landmass is the most likely location as it juts into the eastern Cotswold region (Oxfordshire).

[1] Source: me. Born and raised in the foothills of the Pennines in Derbyshire :)

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potato3732842 536 days ago
>I mean, clearly it was above sea level, right?

Probably not by much. Think like Louisiana but with dinosaurs.

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