Frome Clay
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| Frome Clay | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Bathonian ~ | |
| File:Langton Herring Praeexogyra hebridica var elongata Frome Clay Bathonian.jpg Fossils from the Frome Clay | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Great Oolite Group |
| Underlies | Forest Marble Formation |
| Overlies | Fuller's Earth Formation |
| Thickness | 20–50 m (66–164 ft) in Wiltshire and Somerset 45–70 m (148–230 ft) in Dorset |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Mudstone |
| Other | Limestone |
| Location | |
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| Approximate paleocoordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Region | England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Frome Clay (the United Kingdom) Frome Clay (England) | |
The Frome Clay is a geological formation in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic period.[1]
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