Fish Bed Formation
| Fish Bed Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Wenlock ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Glenbuck Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, conglomerate |
| Other | Shale, siltstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 55°30′N 3°54′W / 55.5°N 3.9°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 17°54′S 18°18′W / 17.9°S 18.3°W |
| Region | South Lanarkshire |
| Country | Scotland |
The Fish Bed Formation is a geological formation in Scotland, United Kingdom. The fluvial to lacustrine sandstones, shales, siltstones and conglomerates preserve flora, arthropods, among which eurypterids, invertebrates and early fish fossils dating back to the Wenlock epoch of the Silurian period.