Exeter Sandstone | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
Type | Formation |
Unit of | Dockum Group |
Underlies | Bell Ranch Formation |
Overlies | Sheep Pen Sandstone |
Thickness | 24 meters (79 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 36°58′32″N 103°12′22″W / 36.9756°N 103.2060°W |
Region | Colorado New Mexico |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Exter Post Office |
Named by | W.T. Lee |
Year defined | 1902 |
The Exeter Sandstone is a geologic formation exposed in northeastern New Mexico.[1] Its age is poorly controlled, but it is thought to have been deposited during the middle Jurassic.[2]