Marks Head Formation
The Marks Head Formation is a geologic formation, part of the Hawthorn Group, in southeastern Georgia and northern Florida that preserves fossils dating back to the Burdigalian stage of the Miocene period.[1][2]
| Marks Head Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Burdigalian ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Hawthorne Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Phosphorite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 32.6°N 81.4°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 32.9°N 77.6°W |
| Region | Georgia (U.S. state) |
| Country | United States |
Marks Head Formation (the United States) Marks Head Formation (Georgia) | |
See also
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 (PDF) (Report). Florida Geological Survey. p. 34.
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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