Hirnant Limestone
Hirnant Limestone Stratigraphic range: Hirnantian ~ | |
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Type | Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 52°54′N 3°36′W / 52.9°N 3.6°WCoordinates: 52°54′N 3°36′W / 52.9°N 3.6°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 38°06′S 16°54′W / 38.1°S 16.9°W |
Region | England, Wales |
Country | ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() Hirnant Limestone (the United Kingdom) |
The Hirnant Limestone is an old name for a geologic formation in England and Wales, defining the Hirnantian. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Hirnant Limestone at Fossilworks.org
Further reading[]
- J. T. Temple. 1965. Upper Ordovician-Brachiopods from Poland and Britain. Acta Paleontologica Polonica 10:379-450
- J. W. Salter (5 May 1867). "Bala and Hirnant Limestone". Geological Magazine. Vol. 4, no. 3. pp. 233–234. doi:10.1017/S0016756800204548.
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - Adam Sedgwick (1848). "On the older Palaeozoic (protozoic) rocks of North Wales in Proc.Geol.Soc, London, Vol.4".
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Wales
- Ordovician System of Europe
- Ordovician Wales
- Hirnantian
- Limestone formations
- Ordovician southern paleotemperate deposits
- Paleontology in England
- Paleontology in Wales