Passage Beds

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| name = Passage Beds

| image = Passage Beds 061415.jpg

| caption = Passage Beds at Filey Brigg, North Yorkshire

| type = Member

| age = Oxfordian

| period = Oxfordian

| prilithology = Sandstone

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| region = England

| country = United Kingdom

| coordinates = {{coord|54.2|N|0.3|W|display=inline,title}}

| unitof = Corallian Oolite Formation

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The Passage Beds is a member of the Corallian Oolite Formation, a geologic formation in England. The subtidal to marine sandstone preserves fossils of bivalves, gastropods, crinoids, echinoids and ammonites dating back to the Late Jurassic period (Oxfordian stage).[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Passage%20Beds&group_formation_member=Passage%20Beds Passage Beds] at Fossilworks.org

See also

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References