The Fort Thompson Formation is a
geologic formation
A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics ( lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exp ...
in
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
. It preserves
fossils
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
dating back to the
late Pleistocene
The Late Pleistocene is an unofficial Age (geology), age in the international geologic timescale in chronostratigraphy, also known as Upper Pleistocene from a Stratigraphy, stratigraphic perspective. It is intended to be the fourth division of ...
. It was influenced by sea level changes.
''Fort Thompson formation, Pleistocene, Florida platform,'' in ''Temporal and Spatial Patterns in Carbonate Platforms'' Springer-Verlag 1993, pp 69-96
See also
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Florida
See also
* Paleontology in Florida
References
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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of the United States, Florida
Paleontology in Florida, Stratigraphic units
Stratigraphy of Flo ...
References
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Geologic formations of Florida
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