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Fish Bed Formation
Stratigraphic range: Wenlock
~428–423 Ma
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TypeFormation
Unit ofGlenbuck Group
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, conglomerate
OtherShale, siltstone
Location
Coordinates55°30′N 3°54′W / 55.5°N 3.9°W / 55.5; -3.9
Approximate paleocoordinates17°54′S 18°18′W / 17.9°S 18.3°W / -17.9; -18.3
RegionSouth Lanarkshire
CountryFish Bed Formation Scotland
Fish Bed Formation is located in Scotland
Fish Bed Formation
Fish Bed Formation (Scotland)

The Fish Bed Formation is a geologic formation in Scotland, United Kingdom. The fluvial to lacustrine sandstones, shales, siltstones and conglomerates preserve flora, arthropods, among which eurypterids, invertebrates and early fish fossils dating back to the Wenlock epoch of the Silurian period.[1]

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