Stockdale Shales
Stratigraphic range: Silurian

Type| Formation
Lithology
Primary| Slate
Location
Region| England
Country|  United Kingdom

The Stockdale Shales is a geologic formation in England . It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.

The shales were named by W. Talbot Aveline from the beck and hamlet of that name in Longsleddale.[1]

## See also

* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England
* Stockdale Group

## References

1. ↑ Aveline, W. Talbot; Hughes, T. McK. (1888). Memoirs of the Geological Survey. England and Wales. The Geology of the County Around Kendal, Sedbergh, Bowness, and Tebay. Fleet Streed, E.C.: Eyre and Spottiswoode. p. 11. https://books.google.com/books?id=kLYMAAAAYAAJ&q=Aveline+"stockdale+shales"&pg=PA11.

* ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home.

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