Ferruginous Sands
The Ferruginous Sands is a geologic formation in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Aptian Stage of the Cretaceous period. It consists of "a number of heavily bioturbated coarsening-upward units each comprising dark grey sandy muds or muddy sands passing up into fine-to medium-grained grey to green glauconitic sands."[1] The dinosaur Vectaerovenator is known from the formation.[2] Shark teeth are also known from the formation, including those of an indeterminate lamniform shark and Synechodus.[3]
Ferruginous Sands Stratigraphic range: Aptian | |
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Type | Formation |
Unit of | Lower Greensand Group |
Sub-units | Member IV, Member V, Member VI, Whale Chine Member, Member VIII, Ladder Chine Member, Member X, Member XI, Old Walpen Chine Member, New Walpen Chine Member, Member XIV and Member XV. |
Underlies | Sandrock Formation |
Overlies | Atherfield Clay Formation |
Thickness | up to 161 metres |
Lithology | |
Primary | Weakly cemented Mudstone and Sandstone |
Location | |
Region | England |
Country | United Kingdom |
Extent | Isle of Wight, Dorset |
References
- "Ferruginous Sands Formation". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey.
- "Dryad Data -- Data from: A highly pneumatic 'mid Cretaceous' theropod from the British Lower Greensand". doi:10.5061/dryad.8cz8w9gmj. Cite journal requires
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(help) - Batchelor, Trevor J.; Duffin, Christopher J. (July 2019). "First description of sharks' teeth from the Ferruginous Sands Formation (Aptian, Early Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association: S0016787819300598. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2019.06.004.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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