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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Falkland Islands

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Falkland Islands
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Falkland Islands
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Falkland Islands
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Falkland Islands
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Falkland Islands
Permian
Fitzroy Tillite

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Falkland Islands.


List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

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Group Formation Period Notes
Bay of Harbours Formation Wuchiapingian [1]
Brenton Loch Formation Capitanian [2]
Isla Soledao Group B. Choiseul Formation Sakmarian [3]
Fitzroy Tillite Early Cambrian [4]

See also

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References

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Further reading

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  • S. Archangelsky and R. Cuneo. 1984. Zonacion del Permico continental de Argentina sobre la base de sus plantas fosiles. Memoria III Congreso Latinoamericano Paleontologia 143-158
  • T. G. Halle. 1911. On the geological structure and history of the Falkland Islands. Bulletin of the Geological Institute of the University Uppsala 11:115-229
  • M. G. Simões, F. Quaglio, L. V. Warren, L. E. Anelli, P. Stone, C. Riccomini, C. H. Grohmann and M. A. C. Chamani. 2012. Permian non-marine bivalves of the Falkland Islands and their palaeoenvironmental significance. Alcheringa 36:543-554
  • P. Stone, M. R. A. Thomson, and A. W. A. Rushton. 2011. An Early Cambrian archaeocyath-trilobite fauna in limestone erratics from the Upper Carboniferous Fitzroy Tillite Formation, Falkland Islands. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 102:201-225