Lashly Formation
| Lashly Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Carnian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, mudstone |
| Other | Conglomerate, siltstone |
| Location | |
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| Region | Victoria Land |
| Country | Ross Dependency |
Lashly Formation (Antarctica) | |
The Lashly Formation is a Late Triassic (Carnian) geologic formation in Victoria Land of the Ross dependency in Antarctica. The formation has provided fossil flora and indeterminate reptiles and dicynodonts.
Tuff found in combination with Dicroidium fragments were interpreted as the result of a forest fire during the Triassic.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]The Lashly Formation comprises carbonaceous mudstones and conglomeratic sandstones deposited in channels and on floodplains of a meandering fluvial environment.
Lashly member C consists of fining-upward cycles of medium- to fine-grained sandstone grading upward into carbonaceous siltstone and mudstone, and thin coal beds. Quartz pebbles and cobbles and mudstone clasts occur near the base of major sandstone units. Irregular lenses of coal occur along bedding planes and over large scours. Dicroidium fronds and other plant fragments are common in carbonaceous beds.[2]
Fossil content
[edit | edit source]The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[2][3]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Kumar et al., 2011, p.33
- ^ a b Lashly Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Hammer et al., 2004
Bibliography
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