List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Scotland

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Group or Formation Period Notes
Arbuthnott Group/Dundee Formation Devonian
Ardwell Farm Formation Ordovician
Ardwell Group/Balclatchie Formation Ordovician
Ardwell Group/Craighead Limestone Ordovician
Balclatchie Formation Ordovician
/Stinchar Limestone Ordovician
Bearreraig Sandstone Jurassic
Blackwell Formation Carboniferous
Broadford Beds Formation Jurassic
Bu Ness Group/ Devonian
Carboniferous
Carboniferous
Carboniferous
Carboniferous
Clackmannan Group/ Carboniferous
Carboniferous
Clackmannan Group/ Carboniferous
Clackmannan Group/ Carboniferous
Clackmannan Group/Passage Formation Carboniferous
Clackmannan Group/ Carboniferous
Carboniferous
Ordovician
Cutties Hillock Sandstone Permian
Dounans Limestone Ordovician
Drummock Group/Ladyburn Formation Ordovician
Drummock Group/South Threave Formation Ordovician
/ Ordovician
Dryden Shale Devonian
Dundee Formation Devonian
Devonian
Devonian
Fish Bed Formation Silurian
/Llandeilo Formation Ordovician
Jurassic
/Estheria Shales Formation Jurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Duntulm Formation Jurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Kilmaluag Formation Jurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Lealt Shale Jurassic
Great Estuarine Group/ Jurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Valtos Sandstone Jurassic
Ordovician
Hillhead Formation Devonian
Carboniferous
Inshes Formation Devonian
Palaeogene
Inverclyde Group/Ballagan Formation Carboniferous
Kirkcolm Formation Ordovician
/Limestone Coal Formation Carboniferous
Lossiemouth Sandstone Triassic
Carboniferous
Carboniferous
/ Carboniferous
/ Carboniferous
/ Carboniferous
Carboniferous
/Wardie Shale Carboniferous
/Strathmore Group Devonian
Devonian
Manse Burn Formation Carboniferous
Mauchline Volcanic Formation Permian
Millbuie Sandstone Devonian
Carboniferous
/ Silurian
Silurian
Newlands Group/Mulloch Hill Sandstone Silurian
Observatory Group/ Devonian
Carboniferous
/Strathmore Group Devonian
Orchard Limestone Carboniferous
Passage Formation Carboniferous
Penkill Group/Penkill Formation Silurian
Priesthill Group/Kip Burn Formation Silurian
Priesthill Group/Patrick Burn Formation Silurian
Silurian
Sandwick Fish Beds Formation Devonian
Saugh Hill Group/Saugh Hill Grits Silurian
Scalpa Sandstone Jurassic
Carboniferous
Carboniferous
Staffin Bay Formation Jurassic
Stonehaven Group/Cowie Formation Silurian
Carboniferous
Strathclyde Group/Gullane Formation Carboniferous
Strathclyde Group/Kirkwood Formation Carboniferous
Strathclyde Group/Lawmuir Formation Carboniferous
Strathclyde Group/ Carboniferous
Ordovician
Devonian
Top Hosie Shale Carboniferous
Tyne Limestone Carboniferous
/Glencartholm Volcanic Group Carboniferous
Ordovician
Carboniferous
/East Kirkton Limestone Carboniferous
/ Carboniferous
/ Carboniferous
/Horse Road Sandstone Carboniferous
Valtos Sandstone Jurassic
/ Carboniferous
Waterhead Group/Slot Burn Formation Silurian
/ Carboniferous
Whitehouse Group/Mill Formation Ordovician
Whitehouse Group/Shalloch Formation Ordovician
Wick Flagstone Formation Devonian

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References[]

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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