Ferruginous Sands

Ferruginous Sands
Ferruginous Sands
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	Formation
Unit of	Lower Greensand Group
Sub-units	Member IV, Member V, Member VI, Whale Chine Member, Member VIII, Ladder Chine Member, Member X, Member XI, Old Walpen Chine Member, New Walpen Chine Member, Member XIV and Member XV.
Underlies	Sandrock Formation
Overlies	Atherfield Clay Formation
Thickness	up to 161 metres
Lithology
Primary	Weakly cemented Mudstone and Sandstone
Location
Region	England
Country	United Kingdom
Extent	Isle of Wight, Dorset
	; Exposure of the Ferruginous Sands on the Isle of Wight, shown in Spring green

The Ferruginous Sands is a

lamniform shark and Palaeospinax (formerly Synechodus).^[3]

References

^ "Ferruginous Sands Formation". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey.
doi:10.5061/dryad.8cz8w9gmj. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help
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S2CID 199107658
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Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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[BGS-1] "Ferruginous Sands Formation". The BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey.

[2] :10.5061/dryad.8cz8w9gmj. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help
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[3] S2CID 199107658
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