Croisaphuill Formation
{{Short description|Geologic formation in Scotland}}
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| name = Croisaphuill Formation
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| type = Formation
| age = Ordovician (Tulean)
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| period = Floian
| prilithology = Limestone
| otherlithology = Chert
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| region = Scotland
| country = United Kingdom
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| unitof = Durness Group
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The Croisaphuill Formation is a geological formation in Scotland. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.
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= Further reading =
- D.H. Evans. 2011. The Lower Ordovician cephalopod faunas of the Durness Group, North-West Scotland. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 165:1-131
Category:Geologic formations of Scotland
Category:Ordovician System of Europe
Category:Ordovician northern paleotemperate deposits
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