Exeter Group

Exeter Group
Stratigraphic range: Cisuralian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Cross-bedded sandstone of the Dawlish Sandstone Formation, near Dawlish
Type	Group
Unit of	New Red Sandstone Supergroup
Underlies	Aylesbeare Mudstone Group
Overlies	Holsworthy Group
Lithology
Primary	breccia
Other	sandstone
Location
Region	southwest England
Country	England
Extent	east Devon
Type section
Named for	Exeter

The Exeter Group is a Permian lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) which occurs through East Devon in southwest England. The name is derived from the city of Exeter in Devon which is partly underlain by rocks of this age.^[1]