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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