Hampshire Group

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| type = Formation

| age = Famennian[http://hdl.handle.net/10919/19078 Paleozoic Sedimentary Successions of the Virginia Valley & Ridge and Plateau]

| period = Late Devonian

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| region = Appalachia and Southeastern United States

| country = United States

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| underlies = Price Formation and Rockwell Formation

| overlies = Foreknobs Formation and Greenland Gap Group

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| extent = Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia

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The Hampshire Formation is a geologic formation in West Virginia, USA. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.

See also

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References

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  • {{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|df= |archive-date= 25 March 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220325060448/http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home|url-status= live}}

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Category:Devonian West Virginia

Category:Devonian geology of Virginia

Category:Devonian Pennsylvania

Category:Devonian southern paleotemperate deposits

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