Scarborough Formation
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{{Infobox rockunit
| name = Scarborough Formation
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| type = Formation
| age = {{fossilrange|Bajocian|Bajocian|Bajocian}}
| period = Bajocian
| prilithology = Limestone, Mudstone, Siltstone, Sandstone
| otherlithology = Ironstone
| namedfor = Scarborough, North Yorkshire
| namedby =
| region = Europe
| country = United Kingdom
| coordinates =
| unitof = Ravenscar Group
| subunits = Helwath Beck Member, Hundale Shale Member, Hundale Sandstone Member, Spindle Thorn Limestone Member, Ravenscar Shale Member, White Nab Ironstone Member, Bogmire Gill Member
| underlies = Scalby Formation
| overlies = Cloughton Formation
| thickness = 3-30 m
| extent = Yorkshire
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| location_ts = Hundale Point
}}
The Scarborough Formation is a geologic formation in England. It is part of the Ravenscar Group, and was deposited in the Bajocian of the Middle Jurassic.
References
- {{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}}
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