Ashlock Formation

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Ashlock Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
Brachiopod fossil (Ashlock Formation, Upper Ordovician; Paint Lick Elementary School outcrop, Garrard County, Kentucky, USA) 4.jpg
Brachiopod fossil from the Ashlock Formation
Type Formation
Underlies Drakes Formation
Overlies Calloway Creek Formation
Location
RegionFlag of Kentucky.svg  Kentucky
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States

The Ashlock Formation is a geologic formation in Kentucky. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period .

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