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Upnor Formation

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Hooker, J. J.; Millbank, C. (2001), "A Cernaysian mammal from the Upnor Formation (Late Palaeocene, Herne Bay, UK) and its implications for correlation",
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Exposure in Gilbert's Pit. Dark grey clays, and light grey shelly clays of the
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overlying yellow-brown weathering sands of the Upnor Formation
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for most of its outcrop, but in the west it lies directly on
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Stratigraphic range
Thanetian
Ma
PreꞒ

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Woolwich Formation
Formation
Lambeth Group
Reading Formation
Woolwich Formation
Thanet Sand
Chalk Group
Sandstone
Coordinates
51°24′N 1°06′E / 51.4°N 1.1°E / 51.4; 1.1
Approximate paleocoordinates
45°54′N 1°00′W / 45.9°N 1.0°W / 45.9; -1.0
England
United Kingdom

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