Marks Head Formation

The Marks Head Formation is a geologic formation in Georgia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Burdigalian stage of the Miocene period.[1]

Marks Head Formation Stratigraphic range: Burdigalian ~20–16 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Formation
Unit of	Hawthorne Group
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Phosphorite
Location
Coordinates	32.6°N 81.4°W
Approximate paleocoordinates	32.9°N 77.6°W
Region	Georgia (U.S. state)
Country	United States
Marks Head Formation (the United States) Marks Head Formation (Georgia (U.S. state))

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Georgia (U.S. state)
• Paleontology in Georgia (U.S. state)

References

1. Marks Head Formation at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

• A. E. Pratt and R. M. Petkewich. 1989. Fossil vertebrates from the Marks Head Formation (Early Miocene) of Southeastern Georgia. Georgia Journal of Science 47(1):20-20