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Gibraltar Limestone

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consists of greyish-white or pale-gray compact, and sometime finely crystalline, medium to thick bedded limestones and
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within it. The fossils found in the Gibraltar Limestone include various
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Stratigraphic range
Early Jurassic

Formation
Gibraltar
dolomites
formation
Rock of Gibraltar
Iberian Peninsula
marine
fossils
brachiopods
corals
gastropods
pelecypods
stromatolites
Earth sciences portal
Paleontology portal
List of types of limestone
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Spain
"Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database"
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