Portland Formation, Group

Geology

Group: Agawam

Formations: unnamed (1), Portland Stone (9)

Members: unnamed (46)

Lithologies: not reported (12), "siliciclastic" (2), claystone (1), mudstone (6), "shale" (13), siltstone (2), sandstone (31), "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic" (1), wackestone (2), "reef rocks" (1), "limestone" (4)

Paleoenvironments: marine indet. (12), terrestrial indet. (23), carbonate indet. (2), reef, buildup or bioherm (1), fluvial-lacustrine indet. (18), lacustrine - small (3), pond (3)

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 201.30000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Connecticut) (11920 47197 47200 53000 53023 53033 91573 91574 187762 153636 161247 202629 224080)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Massachusetts) (34698 47199 52965 52985 52987 52990 52993 52994 52995 52996 52998 52999 53025 53027 53028 53031 53032 62844 91398 91577 91578 91662 91666 91669 91674 91751 140486 153642 202625 222121 222487)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1United Kingdom (England) (53523 53524)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0France (131984)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) (92716 92717 93105 100654 123859 140703 143112)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0United Kingdom (59916 68088)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) (221340)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) (196000)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) (119505 126163 141824 141825)