Lashly Formation
| Lashly Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Carnian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, mudstone |
| Other | Conglomerate, siltstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 77°12′S 160°06′E / 77.2°S 160.1°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 66°42′S 86°36′E / 66.7°S 86.6°E |
| Region | Victoria Land |
| Country | Ross Dependency |
The Lashly Formation is a Late Triassic (Carnian) geologic formation in Victoria Land of the Ross dependency in Antarctica. The formation has provided fossil flora and indeterminate reptiles and dicynodonts.
Tuff found in combination with Dicroidium fragments were interpreted as the result of a forest fire during the Triassic.