Tienen Formation

The Tienen Formation (Dutch: Formatie van Tienen; French: Formation de Tienen; abbreviation: Ti) is a geologic formation in the subsurface of northern Belgium.

It has a late Thanetian (Paleocene) to early Ypresian (Eocene) age.

The Tienen Formation consists of clay with thin lignite layers and lithified wood, sand (sometimes with shells) and marl.

The formation is a lagerstätte for fossils of vertebrate animals.

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