Knipe Scar Limestone

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| name = Knipe Scar Limestone Formation

| image = Knipe Scar - geograph.org.uk - 1309691.jpg

| caption = Limestone outcrop on Knipescar common

| type = Formation

| age = Visean

| period = Carboniferous

| prilithology = Limestone

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| namedfor = Knipescar Common

| location_ts = Great Asby Scar

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| region = England

| country = United Kingdom

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| unitof = Great Scar Limestone Group

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| thickness = up to 90 m{{Cite web |url=https://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=KNL |title=Knipe Scar Limestone Formation |last=British Geological Survey |website=BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units |access-date=2 November 2018}}

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The Knipe Scar Limestone is a geologic formation in England. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

See also

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References

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  • {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021}}

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Category:Geologic formations of England

Category:Carboniferous System of Europe

Category:Carboniferous England

Category:Limestone formations of the United Kingdom

Category:Carboniferous southern paleotropical deposits

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