Ringstead Coral Bed

The Ringstead Coral Bed (also sometimes in the plural) is a geological formation with fossilized coral in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.^[1][2] The beds are exposed at Ringstead Bay in Dorset, on the Jurassic Coast, hence the name.^[3]

Ringstead Coral Bed
Stratigraphic range: Jurassic
Fossil coral from the Jurassic Coast, in the collection of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA
Type	Formation
Location
Region	England
Country	United Kingdom

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• England portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in England
• Jurassic Coast
• Ringstead Bay