Pant-y-Ffynnon Quarry

Pant-y-Ffynnon Quarry fissure fills
Stratigraphic range: Rhaetian,
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The Pant-y-Ffynnon Quarry in 2006
TypeFissure fill
OverliesFriars Point Limestone Formation
Lithology
PrimaryBreccia
Location
Coordinates51°27′29″N 3°22′26″W / 51.458°N 03.374°W / 51.458; -03.374
RegionSouth Wales
CountryWales
Pant-y-Ffynnon Quarry (Wales)

Pant-y-Ffynnon Quarry is a stone quarry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, around 3 kilometers east of Cowbridge. It contains fissure fill deposits dating to the Late Triassic (Rhaetian), hosted within karsts of Carboniferous aged limestone, primarily the Friars Point Limestone Formation. Remains of numerous small vertebrates, notably archosaurs, are known from the fissure fills in the quarry, similar to other Late Triassic-Early Jurassic fissure fill deposits known from Southwest England and southern Wales.