List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England
Group or Formation | Period | Notes |
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Alston Group / Knipe Scar Limestone | Carboniferous | |
Alston Group / Potts Beck Limestone | Carboniferous | |
Ampthill Clay | Jurassic | |
Ancholme Group / Kimmeridge Clay | Jurassic | |
Ancholme Group / Oxford Clay | Jurassic | |
Ashfell Limestone | Carboniferous | |
Aymestry Limestone Formation | Silurian | |
Baggy Sandstones Formation | Devonian | |
Bala Group / Chatwell Flags Formation | Ordovician | |
Palaeogene | ||
Barton Beds | Palaeogene | |
Palaeogene | ||
Bee Low Limestones | Carboniferous | |
Belemnite Marls | Jurassic | |
Bembridge Limestone | Palaeogene | |
Bembridge Marls | Palaeogene | |
Bentham Grit | Carboniferous | |
Jurassic | ||
Black Rock Formation | Carboniferous | |
Cretaceous | ||
Palaeogene | ||
Blue Lias Formation | Jurassic | |
Palaeogene | ||
Bracklesham Beds | Palaeogene | |
Bracklesham Group / Earnley Formation | Palaeogene | |
Bracklesham Group / Elmore Formation | Palaeogene | |
Bracklesham Group / Marsh Farm Formation | Palaeogene | |
Bracklesham Group / Selsey Formation | Palaeogene | |
Bracklesham Group / Wittering Formation | Palaeogene | |
Bringewood Beds | Silurian | |
Brockenhurst Beds | Palaeogene | |
Bromsgrove Sandstone | Triassic | |
Burwell Rock Formation | Cretaceous | |
Calcareous Grit | Jurassic | |
Carboniferous Limestone | Carboniferous | |
Carmarthen Formation | Ordovician | |
Carstone Formation | Cretaceous | |
Caton Shales | Carboniferous | |
Carboniferous | ||
Carboniferous | ||
Carboniferous | ||
Chalk Formation | Cretaceous | |
Cretaceous | ||
Chalk Group / | Cretaceous | |
Chalk Group / Lower Chalk Formation | Cretaceous | |
Chalk Group / | Cretaceous | |
Charmouth Mudstone Formation | Jurassic | |
Chee Tor Limestone | Carboniferous | |
Cheney Longville Formation | Ordovician | |
Chillesford Clay | Quaternary | |
Cretaceous | ||
Clifton Down Limestone | Carboniferous | |
Cockhill Marine Band | Carboniferous | |
Colsterdale Marine Beds | Carboniferous | |
Coral Rag Formation | Jurassic | |
Corallian Oolite Formation | Jurassic | |
Corallian Group / Coral Rag Formation | Jurassic | |
Corallian Group / Kingston Formation | Jurassic | |
Coralline Crag Formation | Neogene | |
Coralline Oolite Formation | Jurassic | |
Cornbrash Formation | Jurassic | |
Jurassic | ||
Crag Group / Norwich Crag Formation | Quaternary | |
Crag Group / Weybourne Crag Formation | ||
Creechbarrow Limestone | Palaeogene | |
Cromer Knoll Formation | ||
Cromer Knoll Group / Spilsby Sandstone | Cretaceous | |
Crossdale Shales | Carboniferous | |
Ordovician | ||
Dartmouth Beds | Devonian | |
Denbury Crinoidal Limestone | Devonian | |
Dent Group / Keisley Limestone | Ordovician | |
Ditton Formation | Devonian | |
Downton Castle Sandstone | Silurian | |
Silurian | ||
Downton Group / Downton Castle Sandstone | Silurian | |
Downton Group / Rushall Formation | Silurian | |
Dufton Shales | Ordovician | |
Durlston Formation | Cretaceous | |
Duyfor Mudstone | Ordovician | |
East Ogwell Limestone | Devonian | |
Eggardon Grit | Cretaceous | |
Elton Beds | Silurian | |
Eyam Limestone | Carboniferous | |
Carboniferous | ||
Farne Group / Scremerston Formation | Carboniferous | |
Forest Hollow Beds | Carboniferous | |
Forest Marble Formation | Jurassic | |
Frome Clay | Jurassic | |
Fuller's Earth Formation | Jurassic | |
Gault Formation | Cretaceous | |
Cretaceous | ||
Great Oolite Formation | Jurassic | |
Great Oolite Group / Bath Oolite Formation | Jurassic | |
Great Oolite Group / Chipping Norton Limestone | Jurassic | |
Great Oolite Group / Cornbrash Formation | Jurassic | |
Great Oolite Group / Forest Marble Formation | Jurassic | |
Great Oolite Group / Hampen Marly Formation | Jurassic | |
Great Oolite Group / Sharp's Hill Formation | Jurassic | |
Great Oolite Group / Taynton Limestone | Jurassic | |
Great Oolite Group / | Jurassic | |
Great Scar Limestone Group / | Carboniferous | |
Great Scar Limestone Group / Danny Bridge Formation | Carboniferous | |
Greta Grit | Carboniferous | |
Habberley Shale | Ordovician | |
Jurassic | ||
Hampen Marly Formation | Jurassic | |
Hartshill Formation | Cambrian | |
Harwich Formation | Palaeogene | |
Hastings Formation | Cretaceous | |
Hastings Beds | Cretaceous | |
Hastings Beds Group / Wadhurst Clay | Cretaceous | |
Hastings Group / Grinstead Clay | Cretaceous | |
Headon Formation | Palaeogene | |
Headon Hill Formation | Palaeogene | |
Hempstead Formation | Palaeogene | |
Hilton Plant Beds | Permian | |
Holderness Formation | ||
Hope Shale | Ordovician | |
Carboniferous | ||
Hotwells Formation | Carboniferous | |
Inferior Oolite Formation | Jurassic | |
Inferior Oolite Group / Chipping Norton Limestone | Jurassic | |
Inferior Oolite Group / | Jurassic | |
Inferior Oolite Group / Northampton Sands | Jurassic | |
Inferior Oolite Group / Upper Inferior Oolite Formation | Jurassic | |
Infracombe Slates Group / Combe Martin Slates Formation | Devonian | |
Triassic | ||
Iron Sands | Jurassic | |
Jurassic | ||
Ordovician | ||
Kimmeridge Clay | Jurassic | |
Jurassic | ||
Silurian | ||
Ledbury Formation | Silurian | |
Silurian | ||
Leintwardine Beds | Silurian | |
Lias Formation | Jurassic, Triassic | |
Lias Group / Beacon Limestone Formation | Jurassic | |
Lias Group / Blue Lias Formation | Jurassic, Triassic | |
Lias Group / Charmouth Mudstone Formation | Jurassic | |
Lias Group / Dyrham Formation | Jurassic | |
Lias Group / Marlstone Rock Formation | Jurassic | |
Lias Group / | Triassic | |
Lias Group / Whitby Mudstone Formation | Jurassic | |
Lincolnshire Limestone | Jurassic | |
Llanfallteg Formation | Ordovician | |
London Clay | Palaeogene | |
Carboniferous | ||
Jurassic | ||
Lower Chalk Formation | Cretaceous | |
/ Abbott's Cliff Formation | Cretaceous | |
/ Cambridge Greensand Formation | Cretaceous | |
/ | Cretaceous | |
Cambrian | ||
Devonian | ||
Cretaceous | ||
Lower Greensand Group / Atherfield Clay | Cretaceous | |
Lower Greensand Group / | Cretaceous | |
Lower Greensand Group / Ferruginous Sands | Cretaceous | |
Lower Greensand Group / Folkestone Formation | Cretaceous | |
Lower Greensand Group / Hythe Formation | Cretaceous | |
Lower Greensand Group / Sandgate Formation | Cretaceous | |
Lower Greensand Group / Woburn Sand Formation | Cretaceous | |
Palaeogene | ||
Palaeogene | ||
/ Great Scar Limestone | Carboniferous | |
Permian | ||
Ludlow Formation | Silurian | |
Lulworth Formation | Cretaceous | |
Lynton Slates Formation | Devonian | |
Triassic | ||
Jurassic | ||
Mammaliferous Crag Formation | ||
Marl Slate Formation | Permian | |
Mercia Mudstone Group / Blue Anchor Formation | Triassic | |
Mercia Mudstone Group / Keuper Waterstones Formation | Triassic | |
Mercia Mudstone Group / Tarporley Siltstone Formation | Triassic | |
Merevale Shales | Ordovician | |
Jurassic | ||
Cretaceous | ||
Palaeogene | ||
Jurassic | ||
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/ Gayle Shale | Carboniferous | |
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Milldale Limestone | Carboniferous | |
Monsal Dale Limestones Formation | Carboniferous | |
Silurian | ||
Mytton Flag Formation | Ordovician | |
Ordovician | ||
Carboniferous | ||
Norwich Crag Formation | Quaternary | |
Jurassic | ||
Ogof Hen Formation | Ordovician | |
Oldhaven Formation | Palaeogene | |
Oldhaven Beds | Palaeogene | |
Osborne Beds | Palaeogene | |
Osgodby Formation | Jurassic | |
Jurassic | ||
Overton Formation | Silurian | |
Oxford Clay | Jurassic | |
Carboniferous | ||
Passage Beds | Jurassic | |
Penarth Group / Lilstock Formation | Triassic | |
Penarth Group / Westbury Formation | Triassic | |
Penarth Group / | Jurassic, Triassic | |
Pendle Grit | Carboniferous | |
Penarth Group / Cotham Formation | Triassic | |
Penarth Group / Westbury Formation | Triassic | |
Petherwin Group / | Devonian | |
Pilton Formation | Devonian | |
Pilton Shales | Carboniferous, Devonian | |
Pontyfenni Formation | Ordovician | |
Portland Formation | Jurassic | |
Jurassic | ||
Portland Group / Portland Stone Formation | Jurassic | |
Purbeck Formation | Cretaceous, Jurassic | |
Purbeck Group / Durlston Formation | Cretaceous | |
Purbeck Group / Lulworth Formation | Cretaceous, Jurassic | |
Jurassic | ||
Ravenscar Group / Cloughton Formation | Jurassic | |
Ravenscar Group / Eller Beck Formation | Jurassic | |
Ravenscar Group / | Jurassic | |
Ravenscar Group / Saltwick Formation | Jurassic | |
Ravenscar Group / Scalby Formation | Jurassic | |
Ravenscar Group / Scarborough Formation | Jurassic | |
Reading Beds | Palaeogene | |
Red Crag Formation | Neogene | |
Rhwlas Limestone Formation | Ordovician | |
Ringstead Coral Bed Formation | Jurassic | |
Roeburndale Formation | Carboniferous | |
Rutland Formation | Jurassic | |
Sabden Shale | Carboniferous | |
Saltwick Formation | Jurassic | |
Jurassic | ||
Sandringham Sandstone | Cretaceous | |
Sandsfoot Grit | Jurassic | |
Selborne Group / Gault Formation | Cretaceous | |
Selborne Group / Upper Greensand Formation | Cretaceous | |
Selsey Formation | Palaeogene | |
Sharp's Hill Formation | Jurassic | |
Sherwood Sandstone Group / Bromsgrove Sandstone | Triassic | |
Sherwood Sandstone Group / Otter Sandstone Formation | Triassic | |
Shunner Fell Formation | Carboniferous | |
Skegness Clay | Cretaceous | |
Carboniferous | ||
Solent Group / Bouldnor Formation | Palaeogene | |
Speeton Clay | Cretaceous | |
Spilsby Sandstone | Cretaceous, Jurassic | |
Stanford Formation | Jurassic | |
Stockdale Shales | Silurian | |
Suffolk Pebble Beds | Palaeogene | |
Tamar Group / Torquay Formation | Devonian | |
Tankerville Formation | Ordovician | |
Tarnbrook Wyre Marine Beds | Carboniferous | |
Temeside Shale | Silurian | |
Thanet Formation | Palaeogene | |
Blue Lias Formation | Jurassic | |
Torquay Limestone | Devonian | |
Jurassic | ||
Upnor Formation | Palaeogene | |
Carboniferous | ||
Upper Bowland Shales | Carboniferous | |
Jurassic | ||
Cretaceous | ||
Carboniferous | ||
Cambrian | ||
Upper Greensand Formation | Cretaceous | |
Palaeogene | ||
/ | Carboniferous | |
Silurian | ||
Urswick Limestone | Carboniferous | |
Warwickshire Group / | Permian | |
Waterhouses Limestone | Carboniferous | |
Weald Clay | Cretaceous | |
Weald Clay Group / Lower Weald Clay | Cretaceous | |
Weald Clay Group / Upper Weald Clay | Cretaceous | |
Wealden Formation | Cretaceous | |
Wealden Group / Ashdown Formation | Cretaceous | |
Wealden Group / Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation | Cretaceous | |
Wealden Group / Vectis Formation | Cretaceous | |
Wealden Group / Wadhurst Clay | Cretaceous | |
Wealden Group / | Cretaceous | |
Wealden Group / Weald Clay | Cretaceous | |
Wealden Group / Wessex Formation | Cretaceous | |
Weaver Beds | Carboniferous | |
Silurian | ||
Wenlock Shale | Silurian | |
Wessex Formation | Cretaceous | |
Westbury Formation | Triassic | |
Westbury Shales | Triassic | |
Weston Flags Formation | Ordovician | |
Weybourne Crag Formation | ||
Whitby Mudstone Formation | Jurassic | |
Whitcliffe Formation | Silurian | |
Silurian | ||
White Chalk Formation | Cretaceous | |
Jurassic | ||
Wittering Formation | Palaeogene | |
Palaeogene | ||
Palaeogene | ||
Wych Beds | Silurian | |
Yeovil Sands | Jurassic | |
/ Alston Formation | Carboniferous | |
Zechstein Group / Marl Slate Formation | Permian |
See also[]
- Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Europe
- Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the United Kingdom
References[]
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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