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Great Oolite Group

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unit that outcrops in southern England. It consists of a complex set of marine deposits primarily mudstone and bioclastic ooidal and fine grained limestone, deposited in nearshore to shelf settings. It is exposed at the surface as a variably thick belt extending roughly NE-SW from the coast of
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are notable for their fossil content, including those of dinosaurs and pterosaurs and some of the earliest mammals.
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List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera
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Stratigraphic range
Bajocian
Callovian
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Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines
Group
Cornbrash Formation
Chipping Norton Limestone
Sharp's Hill Formation
Taynton Limestone Formation
Forest Marble Formation
Hampen Formation
White Limestone Formation
Rutland Formation
Blisworth Limestone
Blisworth Clay Formation
Chalfield Oolite Formation
Corsham Limestone Formation

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