Ashlock Formation

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| name = Ashlock Formation

| image = Brachiopod fossil (Ashlock Formation, Upper Ordovician; Paint Lick Elementary School outcrop, Garrard County, Kentucky, USA) 4.jpg

| caption = Brachiopod fossil from the Ashlock Formation

| type = Formation

| age = Ordovician

| period = Ordovician

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| region = Kentucky

| country = United States

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| underlies = Drakes Formation

| overlies = Calloway Creek Formation

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The Ashlock Formation is a geologic formation in Kentucky. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period .

See also

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References

  • {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021}}

Category:Ordovician Kentucky

Category:Ordovician southern paleotemperate deposits

Category:Ordovician System of North America

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