| Ravenscar Group | |
| Type: | Group |
| Period: | Middle Jurassic |
| Otherlithology: | mudstone, limestone, ironstone, coal |
| Namedfor: | Ravenscar |
| Country: | England |
| Subunits: | Saltwick Formation, Eller Beck Formation, Cloughton Formation, Scarborough Formation and Scalby Formation |
| Underlies: | Cornbrash Formation |
| Overlies: | Dogger Formation |
| Thickness: | 114m to c240m |
| Extent: | Cleveland Basin, North Yorkshire |
The Ravenscar Group is a Jurassic lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) found within the Cleveland Basin of North Yorkshire, extending into both the Hambleton and Howardian Hills. The name is derived from Ravenscar on the North Yorkshire coast, where rocks of this age occur. It was previously known as the 'Middle Jurassic Series'.[1] [2] It is stratigraphic equivalent to the Inferior Oolite Group and most of the Great Oolite Group, being overlain by the Cornbrash Formation of the latter unit.