Otter Sandstone Formation

Otter Sandstone Formation (OS)[1]
Stratigraphic range: Triassic, Anisian[1]
Type Formation
Unit of Sherwood Sandstone Group (SSG)[1]
Underlies In coastal exposures, transitional into overlying Mercia Mudstone.[1]
Overlies Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds[1]
Thickness Coast and Exeter district: c.160m. Taunton district: 30 to 60m [1]
Location
Region England
Country United Kingdom

The Otter Sandstone Formation is an obselete geological unit in England, now referred to as the Helsby Sandstone Formation.[2] It preserves fossils dated to the Triassic, Anisian period.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 http://www.bgs.ac.uk/Lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=OS (BGS on-line lexicon of rock units)
  2. ↑ http://www.bgs.ac.uk/Lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=HEY (BGS on-line lexicon of rock units)


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