• Source: Ferruginous Sands

The Ferruginous Sands is a geologic formation in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Aptian Stage of the Cretaceous period. It consists of "a number of heavily bioturbated coarsening-upward units each comprising dark grey sandy muds or muddy sands passing up into fine-to medium-grained grey to green glauconitic sands." The dinosaur Vectaerovenator inopinatus is known from the formation. Shark teeth are also known from the formation, including those of an indeterminate lamniform shark and Palaeospinax (formerly Synechodus).




See also



List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England




References



Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Ferruginous Sands
• Vectaerovenator
• Lower Greensand Group
• Direct reduction
• Synechodontiformes
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England
• Sandrock Formation
• Geology of the Isle of Wight
• 2020 in archosaur paleontology
• Atherfield Clay Formation