Fuller's Earth Formation

Fuller's Earth Formation
Stratigraphic range: Bathonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Formation
Unit of	Great Oolite Group
Sub-units	Eyford Member
Underlies	Frome Clay, Chalfield Oolite Formation, Athelstan Oolite Formation, Taynton Limestone Formation or Tresham Rock Formation
Overlies	Chipping Norton Limestone or Inferior Oolite Group
Thickness	5 m to >260 m
Lithology
Primary	Mudstone
Other	Limestone, Sandstone
Location
Region	England
Country	United Kingdom

The Fullers Earth Formation is a geological formation that outcrops in southern England. It is also mostly present in the subsurface of the Wessex Basin and offshore in the English Channel Basin, Celtic Sea Basin and St George's Channel Basin.[1] It preserves fossils dating back to the Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic series such as the pterosaur Dolicorhamphus. It is the lateral equivalent of the Rutland Formation, Sharp's Hill Formation, Calcaire d’Ecouché, and Calcaire de Caen

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England

References

1. "Fuller's Earth Formation". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2014.