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Selma Group

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Country
  
Named for
  
Selma

Other
  
Glauconitic sandstone

Primary
  
Overlies
  
Selma Group

Sub-units
  
Mooreville Chalk FormationDemopolis Chalk FormationRipley FormationPrairie Bluff Chalk Formation

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The Selma Group is a geological formation in North America, within the U.S. states of Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The strata date from the Santonian to the Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous. The group is composed of, in ascending order, the Mooreville Chalk Formation, Demopolis Chalk Formation, Ripley Formation, and Prairie Bluff Chalk Formation. Dinosaur and mosasaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the Selma Group.

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Selma Group Wikipedia


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