Patrick Burn Formation

Patrick Burn Formation
Stratigraphic range: Upper Llandovery
TypeFormation
Unit ofPriesthill Group
UnderliesCastle Formation
OverliesPonesk Burn Formation (presumed, actual boundary is cut by a fault)
Thickness850 m
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, Siltstone, Mudstone
Location
RegionScotland
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]

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ 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.