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Evans, S E; M S King (May 1993). "A new specimen of Protorosaurus (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Marl Slate (late Permian) of Britain".
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Bell, J; J Holden; T H Pettigrew; K W Sedman (March 1979). "The Marl Slate and Basal Permian Breccia at Middridge, Co. Durham".
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which has yielded the richest and most varied Permian flora in the Britain and is the type locality for the
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Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor
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Map showing the location of Middridge Quarry
MAGiC MaP
Newton Aycliffe
54°37′18″N 1°37′0″W / 54.62167°N 1.61667°W / 54.62167; -1.61667
Natural England
Middridge Quarry SSSI
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Sedgefield
County Durham
Newton Aycliffe
Shildon
Middridge
Magnesian Limestone
marl
slate
pteridosperm
Bibcode
1979PYGS...42..439B
doi
10.1144/pygs.42.3.439
"On the geological relations and internal structure of the Magnesian Limestone"
doi
10.1144/transgslb.3.1.37
S2CID
131431256
"On a new Labyrinthodont Amphibian from the Magnesian Limestone of Midderidge, Durham"
doi
10.1144/GSL.JGS.1870.026.01-02.52
S2CID
128755826

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