Marks Head Formation

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Marks Head Formation
Stratigraphic range: Burdigalian
~20–16  Ma
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Type Formation
Unit of Hawthorne Group
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Other Phosphorite
Location
Coordinates 32°36′N81°24′W / 32.6°N 81.4°W / 32.6; -81.4
Approximate paleocoordinates 32°54′N77°36′W / 32.9°N 77.6°W / 32.9; -77.6
Region Georgia
Country United States
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Marks Head Formation (the United States)
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Marks Head Formation (Georgia)

The Marks Head Formation is a geologic formation within the Hawthorn Group, located in southeastern Georgia and northern Florida. It preserves fossils dating back to the Burdigalian stage of the Miocene period. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Marks Head Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Scott, Thomas M. (1988). The lithostratigraphy of the Hawthorn Group (Miocene) of Florida: Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 59 (PDF) (Report). Florida Geological Survey. p. 34.

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