| Patrick Burn Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Upper | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Priesthill Group |
| Underlies | Castle Formation |
| Overlies | Ponesk Burn Formation (presumed, actual boundary is cut by a fault) |
| Thickness | 850 m |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, Siltstone, Mudstone |
| Location | |
| Region | Scotland |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
The Patrick Burn Formation is a Silurian aged geologic formation outcropping near Lesmahagow in Lanarkshire in the Scottish Lowlands. Fossils are known from the formation, including from the Birk Knowes locality.[1][2]
- ^ D., Dineley; S., Metcalf (1999). Fossil Fishes of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series. Vol. No. 16. Peterborough. ISBN 1-86107-470-0.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Žigaitė, Živile; Goujet, Daniel (2012). "New observations on the squamation patterns of articulated specimens ofLoganellia scotica(Traquair, 1898) (Vertebrata: Thelodonti) from the Lower Silurian of Scotland". Geodiversitas. 34 (2): 253–270. doi:10.5252/g2012n2a1. ISSN 1280-9659. S2CID 73663549.