The Kip Burn Formation is a
geologic formation in
Scotland. It preserves
fossils
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
dating back to the
Silurian
The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the shortest period of the Paleozo ...
period. This formation is main part of fossil site called Dunside.
Paleobiota
Arthropods
Chordates
See also
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Scotland
References
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Geologic formations of Scotland
Silurian System of Europe
Silurian Scotland
Silurian southern paleotropical deposits
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