List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Falkland Islands
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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Falkland Islands.
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
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Bay of Harbours Formation | Wuchiapingian | [1] | |
Brenton Loch Formation | Capitanian | [2] | |
Isla Soledao Group | B. Choiseul Formation | Sakmarian | [3] |
Fitzroy Tillite | Early Cambrian | [4] |
See also
References
Further reading
- S. Archangelsky and R. Cuneo. 1984. Zonacion del Permico continental de Argentina sobre la base de sus plantas fosiles. Memoria III Congreso Latinoamericano Paleontologia 143-158
- T. G. Halle. 1911. On the geological structure and history of the Falkland Islands. Bulletin of the Geological Institute of the University Uppsala 11:115-229
- M. G. Simões, F. Quaglio, L. V. Warren, L. E. Anelli, P. Stone, C. Riccomini, C. H. Grohmann and M. A. C. Chamani. 2012. Permian non-marine bivalves of the Falkland Islands and their palaeoenvironmental significance. Alcheringa 36:543-554
- P. Stone, M. R. A. Thomson, and A. W. A. Rushton. 2011. An Early Cambrian archaeocyath-trilobite fauna in limestone erratics from the Upper Carboniferous Fitzroy Tillite Formation, Falkland Islands. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 102:201-225
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