List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Alabama

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This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Alabama, U.S.

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Group or Formation Period Notes
Bangor Formation Carboniferous
Bangor Limestone
Bashi Formation Paleogene
Blufftown Formation Cretaceous
Bucatunna Formation Paleogene
Byram Formation
Chickamauga Formation Ordovician
Chickasaw Group/Nanafalia Formation Paleogene
Citronelle Formation
/ Paleogene
/Gosport Sand Paleogene
/Lisbon Formation
/Tallahatta Formation
Clayton Formation
Conesauga Formation Cambrian
Cook Mountain Formation Paleogene
Copper Ridge Dolomite Cambrian
Crystal River Limestone Paleogene
Demopolis Formation Cretaceous
Eutaw Formation
Fort Payne Chert Carboniferous
Gosport Sand Paleogene
Hartselle Sandstone Carboniferous
Hatchetigbee Bluff Formation
Jackson Group/Moodys Branch Formation Paleogene
Jackson Group/Ocala Paleogene
Jackson Group/Yazoo Clay
Knox Group/ Cambrian
Leipers Limestone Ordovician
Lisbon Formation
Little Oak Formation Ordovician
Longview Formation Ordovician
Marianna Limestone Paleogene
Mary Lee Formation Carboniferous
Midway Group/Clayton Formation
Midway Group/Fort Gaines Formation Paleogene
Midway Group/Naheola Formation
Midway Group/Nanafalia Formation
Midway Group/Porters Creek Formation
Midway Group/Sucarnochee Clay Paleogene
Monteagle Limestone Carboniferous
Moodys Branch Formation Paleogene
Mooreville Chalk
Naheola Formation
Nanafalia Formation
Ordovician
Newala Formation Ordovician
Paleogene
Odenville Formation Ordovician
Pachuta Marl Paleogene
Parkwood Formation Carboniferous
Porters Creek Formation
Pottsville Formation
Prairie Bluff Chalk Cretaceous
Pratt Formation Carboniferous
Providence Sand Cretaceous
Red Bluff Clay Paleogene
Ripley Formation
Salt Mountain Limestone Paleogene
Selma Group/Demopolis Chalk Cretaceous
Selma Group/Mooreville Chalk
Selma Group/Prairie Bluff Formation Cretaceous
Selma Group/Ripley Formation Cretaceous
Tallahatta Formation Paleogene
Tuscahoma Sand
Tuscaloosa Formation Cretaceous
Vicksburg Group/Red Bluff Formation Paleogene
Waldron Shale Silurian
Wilcox Group/
Wilcox Group/Nanafalia Formation
Wilcox Group/Tuscahoma Formation
Yazoo Clay

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References[]

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 22 June 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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