Lashly Formation

Lashly Formation
Stratigraphic range: Carnian
~235–222 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, mudstone
OtherConglomerate, siltstone
Location
Coordinates77°12′S 160°06′E / 77.2°S 160.1°E / -77.2; 160.1
Approximate paleocoordinates66°42′S 86°36′E / 66.7°S 86.6°E / -66.7; 86.6
RegionVictoria Land
CountryAntarctica
Lashly Formation is located in Antarctica
Lashly Formation
Lashly Formation (Antarctica)

The Lashly Formation is a Late Triassic (Carnian) geologic formation in Victoria Land of Antarctica. The formation has provided fossil flora and indeterminate reptiles and dicynodonts.

Tuff found in combination with Dicroidium fragments were interpreted as the result of a forest fire during the Triassic.[1]

  1. ^ Kumar et al., 2011, p.33