Otter Sandstone Formation

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Otter Sandstone Formation (OS) [1]
Stratigraphic range: Anisian
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Exposures of Otter Sandstone at Ladram Bay, Devon, England
Type Formation
Unit of Sherwood Sandstone Group (SSG) [1]
UnderliesIn coastal exposures, transitional into overlying Mercia Mudstone. [1]
Overlies Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds [1]
ThicknessCoast and Exeter district: ~160 m (520 ft)
Taunton district: 30–60 m (98–197 ft)
Location
Region England
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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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