Kimmeridge Clay Formation

173 distinct taxa, from 340 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name.

The Paleobiology Database files this name in 2 countries. That can be one body of rock crossing a border, or two rocks that happen to share a name. The database does not say which, so nothing below is added across them.

England, Dorset, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire · UK

172 taxa · 336 fossils · 155–143 Mya

Filed under the Ancholme Group. Members recorded: Lower, Ringstead Coral Bed, Upper, Hartwell Clay.

Macrostrat places this rock in the Ancholme Group, and dates it 155–149 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record

Kimmeridge Clay Formation — 50.80°N, 2.28°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 50.63°N, 2.35°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 51.32°N, 2.23°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 50.60°N, 2.15°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 51.74°N, 1.31°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 50.59°N, 2.47°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 53.50°N, 0.33°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 50.72°N, 2.77°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 51.55°N, 1.79°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 51.03°N, 2.27°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 51.41°N, 2.00°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 51.35°N, 1.99°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 52.29°N, 0.12°EKimmeridge Clay Formation — 52.35°N, 0.22°EKimmeridge Clay Formation — 52.40°N, 0.26°EKimmeridge Clay Formation — 51.55°N, 1.82°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 54.15°N, 0.23°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 51.75°N, 1.16°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 51.55°N, 2.10°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 50.63°N, 2.34°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 51.75°N, 1.18°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 52.64°N, 0.37°EKimmeridge Clay Formation — 50.61°N, 2.16°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 52.36°N, 0.15°EKimmeridge Clay Formation — 52.39°N, 0.20°EKimmeridge Clay Formation — 53.39°N, 0.34°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 52.49°N, 0.18°EKimmeridge Clay Formation — 51.80°N, 0.85°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 51.03°N, 2.21°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 50.92°N, 2.90°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 51.37°N, 2.17°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 50.54°N, 2.42°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 51.36°N, 1.65°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 51.08°N, 2.31°WKimmeridge Clay Formation — 50.98°N, 2.11°W

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35 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.

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Normandie · FR

3 taxa · 4 fossils · 155–149 Mya

Macrostrat places this rock in the Ancholme Group, and dates it 155–149 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record

Kimmeridge Clay Formation — 48.21°N, 5.14°EKimmeridge Clay Formation — 49.49°N, 0.11°E

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