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Otter Sandstone Formation (OS)
Stratigraphic range: Anisian
Exposures of Otter Sandstone at Ladram Bay, Devon, England
TypeFormation
Unit ofSherwood Sandstone Group (SSG)
UnderliesIn coastal exposures, transitional into overlying Mercia Mudstone.
OverliesBudleigh Salterton Pebble Beds
ThicknessCoast and Exeter district: ~160 m (520 ft)
Taunton district: 30–60 m (98–197 ft)
Location
RegionEngland
Country United Kingdom

The Otter Sandstone Formation is an obsolete 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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References

  1. ^ http://www.bgs.ac.uk/Lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=OS (BGS on-line lexicon of rock units)
  2. http://www.bgs.ac.uk/Lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=HEY (BGS on-line lexicon of rock units)


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