# Meriden Group

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The '''Meriden Group''' is a [geologic group](/source/Group_(stratigraphy)), part of the [Newark Supergroup](/source/Newark_Supergroup), in [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut). It preserves [fossils](/source/fossils) dating back to the [Jurassic](/source/Jurassic) [period](/source/Period_(geology)).<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Weems |first1=Robert E |last2=Olsen |first2=Paul E |date=1997 |title=Synthesis and revision of groups within the Newark Supergroup, eastern North America |url=https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/gsabulletin/article-abstract/109/2/195/183209/Synthesis-and-revision-of-groups-within-the-Newark?redirectedFrom=fulltext |journal=GSA Bulletin |volume=109 |issue=2 |pages=195–209 |doi=10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0195:SAROGW>2.3.CO;2|bibcode=1997GSAB..109..195W |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

The group consists of the [East Berlin Formation](/source/East_Berlin_Formation), [Holyoke Basalt](/source/Holyoke_Basalt), [Shuttle Meadow Formation](/source/Shuttle_Meadow_Formation), and [Talcott Basalt](/source/Talcott_Basalt).<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
{{Portal|Earth sciences|Connecticut|Paleontology}}
* [List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Connecticut](/source/List_of_fossiliferous_stratigraphic_units_in_Connecticut)

==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}}

Category:Geologic groups of Connecticut
Category:Jurassic Connecticut
Category:Basalt groups

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