Great Oolite Group Stratigraphic range: Bajocian to Callovian |
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Type | Group |
Sub-units | Cornbrash Formation, Chipping Norton Limestone, Sharp's Hill Formation, Taynton Limestone Formation, Forest Marble Formation |
Underlies | Ancholme Group |
Overlies | Inferior Oolite Group |
Thickness | 22–200 m (72–656 ft) (224 m (735 ft) offshore) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
The Great Oolite Group is a Middle Jurassic stratigraphic unit that outcrops in southern England and the Hebrides.Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the unit.