The Ringstead Coral Bed (also sometimes in the plural) is a
geological formation with fossilized
coral in
England. 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
Jurassic period.
The beds are exposed at
Ringstead Bay in
Dorset, on the
Jurassic Coast, hence the name.
See also
*
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England
See also
*Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Europe
* Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the United Kingdom
References
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England
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Jurassic Coast
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Ringstead Bay
References
Further reading
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Jurassic England
Jurassic Coast
Geology of Dorset
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