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n.- A mass of rock whose outcrop is wholly surrounded by rock of younger age.

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  • Llandovery strata again appear north of the Girvan at Dailly, where they form an inlier surrounded by the Old Red Sandstone and
  • To the southwest of the inlier is an area of calcareous earths derived from the Cambrian Georgina Limestone, one of only two such occurrences in northern Australia.
  • The Selwyn Range is considered to be a highly significant refuge for flora and fauna, and, like the plains, the inlier has its own endemic gecko (Gehyra robusta) and...
  • A small inlier of granitoids basement.
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