Type Formation Region England | Country United Kingdom | |
Unit of Sherwood Sandstone Group (SSG) Underlies In coastal exposures, transitional into overlying Mercia Mudstone. Overlies Budleigh Salterton Pebble Beds Thickness Coast and Exeter district: c.160m. Taunton district: 30 to 60m | ||
The Otter Sandstone Formation is an obselete geological unit in England, now referred to as the Helsby Sandstone Formation. It preserves fossils dated to the Triassic, Anisian period.
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