Cloughton Formation

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{{Infobox rockunit

| name = Cloughton Formation

| image = Fossil Plant Ginkgo.jpg

| caption = Fossil Plant, ginkgo, Cloughton Formation

| type = Formation

| age = {{fossilrange|Bajocian|Bajocian|Bajocian}}

| period = Bajocian

| prilithology = Mudstone, Siltstone

| otherlithology = Sandstone, Limestone, Coal

| namedfor = Cloughton

| namedby =

| region = England

| country = United Kingdom

| coordinates =

| unitof = Ravenscar Group

| subunits = Sycarham Member, Lebberston Member, Gristhorpe Member

| underlies = Scarborough Formation

| overlies = Eller Beck Formation

| thickness = 50 to 70m on the North Yorkshire Coast between Whitby and Scarborough and inland in the North Yorkshire Moors and Cleveland Hills; 36 to 50m (thinning southwards) on the western escarpment of the North Yorkshire Moors

| extent = Yorkshire

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The Cloughton Formation is a geologic formation in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.