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Fort Thompson Formation

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Fort Thompson Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Pleistocene
Murex snail shell fossil from the Pleistocene
TypeFormation
OverliesBermont Formation
Location
RegionFlorida
CountryUnited States

The Fort Thompson Formation is a geologic formation in Florida. It preserves fossils dating back to the late Pleistocene. It was influenced by sea level changes.[1]

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  1. ^ "Fort Thompson formation, pleistocene, Florida platform". Temporal and Spatial Patterns in Carbonate Platforms. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences. Vol. 46. Springer. 1993. pp. 69–96. doi:10.1007/BFb0011067. ISBN 3-540-56231-1.