Earth: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′N 81°24′W / 32.6°N 81.4°W |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 32°54′N 77°36′W / 32.9°N 77.6°W |
| Region | Georgia |
| Country | United States |
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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]
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Paleontology in Georgia (U.S. state)
References
- ↑ Marks Head Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Scott, Thomas M. (1988). The lithostratigraphy of the Hawthorn Group (Miocene) of Florida: Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 59 (Report). Florida Geological Survey. p. 34. https://sjrda.stuchalk.domains.unf.edu/files/content/sjrda_424.pdf.
Bibliography
- A. E. Pratt and R. M. Petkewich. 1989. Fossil vertebrates from the Marks Head Formation (Early Miocene) of Southeastern Georgia. Georgia Journal of Science 47(1):20-20
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