Caton Shales

{{Short description|Geologic formation in England}}

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| type = Formation

| age = Carboniferous

| period = Carboniferous

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| region = England

| country = United Kingdom

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The Caton Shales is a geologic formation in England.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-6gqvAbdS-MC&q=Caton+Shales&pg=PA209|title=The Geology of England and Wales|last=Brenchley|first=P. J.|date=2006|publisher=Geological Society of London|isbn=9781862392007|language=en}} It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.