Bathonian Series
Bathonian Series refers to a series of rock strata dating from the Bathonian epoch of the Middle Jurassic.
The typical Bathonian Series is the Great Oolite series of England, and the name was derived from the "Bath Oolite", extensively mined and quarried in the vicinity of that city, where the principal strata were first studied by William Smith. According to English practice, the Bathonian includes the following formations in descending order: Cornbrash, Forest Marble with Bradford Clay, Great or Bath Oolite, Stonesfield Slate and Fullers Earth. The Fullers' Earth is sometimes regarded as constituting a separate stage, the "Fullonian".