List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Texas
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Texas, U.S.
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Group or Formation | Period | Notes | |
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Admiral Formation | Permian | ||
Aguja Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Alacran Mountain Formation | Permian | ||
Albany Group/Lueders Formation | Permian | ||
Albany Group/Waggoner Ranch Formation | Permian | ||
Aleman Formation | Ordovician | ||
Altuda Formation | Permian | ||
Anacacho Limestone | Cretaceous | ||
Anahuac Formation | Paleogene | ||
Annona Chalk | Cretaceous | ||
Arcadia Park Shale | Cretaceous | ||
Archer City Formation | Permian | ||
Arroyo Formation | Permian | ||
Austin Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Austin Chalk | Cretaceous | ||
Austin Group/Atco Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Austin Group/Ector Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Austin Group/Ector Chalk | Cretaceous | ||
Austin Group/Gober Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Austin Group/Gober Chalk | Cretaceous | ||
Austin Group/Pflugerville Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Austin Group/Roxton Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Banta Shut Formation | Neogene | ||
Barnett Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Barnett Shale | Carboniferous | ||
Bead Mountain Formation | Permian | ||
Beaumont Formation | Pleistocene | ||
Bell Canyon Formation | Permian | ||
Belle Plains Formation | Permian | ||
Bend Group/Smithwick Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Benevides Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Bishop Cap Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Black Peaks Formation | Paleogene | ||
Blaine Formation | Permian | ||
Blanco Formation | United States | ||
Blossom Sand | Cretaceous | ||
Bone Spring Formation | Permian | ||
Bone Spring Limestone | Permian | ||
Boquillas Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Brad Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Bridwell Formation | Neogene | ||
Briggs Formation | Permian | ||
Brushy Canyon Formation | Permian | ||
Buda Limestone | Cretaceous | ||
Caballos Novaculite | Late Devonian to Carboniferous (Mississippian) | ||
Caddo Creek Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Camp Creek Formation | Permian | ||
Camp Rice Formation | United States | ||
Canoe Formation | Paleogene | ||
Canyon Group/Caddo Creek Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Canyon Group/Graford Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Canyon Group/Palo Pinto Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Canyon Group/Winchell Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Canyon Group/Wolf Mountain Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Canyon Group/Wolf Mountain Shale | Carboniferous | ||
Capitan Formation | Permian | ||
Capote Mountain Tuff | Paleogene | ||
Capps Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Catahoula Formation | Paleogene | ||
Cathedral Mountain Formation | Permian | ||
Cerro Alto Limestone | Permian | ||
Chaffin Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Chambers Tuff | Paleogene | ||
Chappel Limestone | Carboniferous | ||
Cherry Canyon Formation | Permian | ||
Chinle Group/Dockum Group | Triassic | ||
Chinle Group/Tecovas Formation | Triassic | ||
Chisos Formation | Paleogene | ||
Chispa Summit Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Cibolo Formation | Permian | ||
Cisco Group/Bluff Creek Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Cisco Group/Graham Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Cisco Group/Pueblo Formation | Permian | ||
Cisco Group/Putnam Formation | Permian | ||
Claiborne Formation | Paleogene | ||
/Cook Mountain Formation | Paleogene | ||
/Crockett Formation | Paleogene | ||
/Reklaw Formation | Paleogene | ||
/Stone City Formation | Paleogene | ||
/Weches Formation | Paleogene | ||
Clarendon Beds | Neogene | ||
Clear Fork Formation | Permian | ||
Clear Fork Group/Arroyo Formation | Permian | ||
Clear Fork Group/Vale Formation | Permian | ||
Clear Fork Group/Choza Formation | Permian | ||
Clear Fork Group/Lueders Formation | Permian | ||
Clear Fork Group/Vale Formation | Permian | ||
Clyde Formation | Permian | ||
Coetas Formation | Neogene | ||
Coleman Junction Formation | Permian | ||
Colmena Tuff | Paleogene | ||
Comanche Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Comanche Peak Limestone | Cretaceous | ||
Comanche Group/Paw Paw Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Concha Formation | Permian | ||
Cook Mountain Formation | Paleogene | ||
Corsicana Marl | Cretaceous | ||
Cow Creek Limestone (Cow Creek Formation) | Cretaceous | ||
Crockett Formation | Paleogene | ||
Cutoff Formation | Permian | ||
Cutter Dolomite | Ordovician | ||
Del Rio Clay | Cretaceous | ||
Delaho Formation | Neogene | ||
Delaware Mountain Formation | Permian | ||
Denton Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Devil's Graveyard Formation | Paleogene | ||
Devils River Limestone | Cretaceous | ||
Dockum Formation | Triassic | ||
Dockum Group/Camp Springs Formation | Triassic | ||
Dockum Group/Colorado City Formation | Triassic | ||
Dockum Group/Cooper Canyon Formation | Triassic | ||
Dockum Group/Santa Rosa Sandstone | Triassic | ||
Dockum Group/Tecovas Formation | Triassic | ||
Dockum Group/Trujillo Formation | Triassic | ||
Dog Creek Formation | Permian | ||
Eagle Ford Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Eagle Ford Group/Britton Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Eagle Ford Shale | Cretaceous | ||
Eagle Ford Group/Britton Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Eagle Ford Group/Lake Waco Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Eagle Ford Group/Tarrant Formation | Cretaceous | ||
East Mountain Shale | Carboniferous | ||
Edwards Limestone | Cretaceous | ||
Edwards Group/Segovia Formation | Cretaceous | ||
El Paso Formation | Ordovician | ||
El Paso Group/Florida Formation | Ordovician | ||
El Paso Group/McKelligon Canyon Formation | Ordovician | ||
El Paso Group/Padre Formation | Ordovician | ||
El Paso Group/Scenic Drive Formation | Ordovician | ||
El Picacho Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Ellenburger Group | Ordovician | ||
Ellenburger Group/Honeycut Formation | Ordovician | ||
Ellenburger Group/Tanyard Formation | Ordovician | ||
Escondido Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Fayette Sandstone | Paleogene | ||
Fleming Formation | Neogene | ||
Fort Hancock Formation | Pleistocene | ||
Fort Peña Formation | Ordovician | ||
Cretaceous | |||
Fredericksburg Group/Comanche Peak Limestone | Cretaceous | ||
Fredericksburg Group/Edwards Limestone | Cretaceous | ||
Fredericksburg Group/Goodland Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Fredericksburg Group/Stuart City Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Fredericksburg Group/Walnut Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Fredericksburg Group/Glen Rose Limestone | Cretaceous | ||
Fredericksburg Group/Paluxy Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Gaptank Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Glen Rose Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Goliad Formation | Neogene | ||
Goodland Limestone | Cretaceous | ||
Goodnight Beds | Neogene | ||
Gorman Formation | Ordovician | ||
Graford Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Graham Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Graham Group/Gunsight Formation | United States | ||
Graham Group/Jacksboro Limestone | Carboniferous | ||
Graham Group/Wayland Formation | United States | ||
Grayson Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Grayson Marl | Cretaceous | ||
Gulf Group/Woodbine Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Hammett Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Hammett Shale | Cretaceous | ||
Hannold Hill Formation | Paleogene | ||
Harpersville Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Helms Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Hess Formation | Permian | ||
Hogeye Tuff | Paleogene | ||
Honeycut Formation | Ordovician | ||
Devonian to Carboniferous (Mississippian) | |||
Hueco Formation | Permian | ||
Hueco Canyon Formation | Permian | ||
Jackson Formation | Paleogene | ||
Jackson Group/Wellborn Formation | Paleogene | ||
Javelina Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Kamp Ranch Limestone | Cretaceous | ||
Kemp Clay | Cretaceous | ||
Keys Valley Marl Member | Cretaceous | ||
Kiamichi Shale (Kiamichi Formation) | Cretaceous | ||
Kincaid Formation | Paleogene | ||
Lake Waco Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Laredo Formation | Paleogene | ||
Lazy Bend Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Lenox Hills Formation | Permian | ||
Lone Camp Group/ | Carboniferous | ||
Love Formation | United States | ||
Lueders Formation | Permian | ||
Magdalen Limestone | Carboniferous | ||
Magdalena Formation | Carboniferous to Permian (?) | ||
Main Street Limestone | Cretaceous | ||
Malone Formation | Late Jurassic | ||
Mancos Shale | Cretaceous | ||
Marathon Formation | Ordovician | ||
Marble Falls Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Midway Formation | Paleogene | ||
Midway Group/Anacacho Limestone | Cretaceous | ||
Midway Group/Kincaid Formation | Paleogene | ||
Midway Group/Shark River Formation | Paleogene | ||
Midway Group/Wills Point Formation | Paleogene | ||
Millsap Lake Group/Lazy Bend Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Mineral Wells Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Mingus Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Montoya Group | Ordovician | ||
Montoya Group/Aleman Formation | Ordovician | ||
Montoya Group/Cutter Formation | Ordovician | ||
Montoya Group/Second Value Formation | Ordovician | ||
Moore Hollow Group/Wilberns Formation | Cambrian | ||
Moran Formation | Permian | ||
Nacatoch Sand | Cretaceous | ||
Cretaceous | |||
Navarro Group/Kemp Clay | Cretaceous | ||
Navarro Group/Neylandville Marl | Cretaceous | ||
Neal Ranch Formation | Early Permian | ||
Neylandville Marl | Cretaceous | ||
Oakville Formation | Neogene | ||
Obregon Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Ogallala Formation | Neogene | ||
Ojinaga Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Ozan Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Paluxy Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Pease River Group/San Angelo Formation | Permian | ||
Pease River Group/San Angelo Group/Blaine Formation | Permian | ||
Pecan Gap Chalk | Cretaceous | ||
Pen Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Pepper Shale | Cretaceous | ||
Devonian | |||
Pruett Formation | Paleogene | ||
Pueblo Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Putnam Formation | Permian | ||
Quartermaster Formation | Permian | ||
Rawls Formation | Neogene | ||
Reklaw Formation | Paleogene | ||
Riley Formation | Cambrian | ||
Rita Blanca Formation | Pleistocene | ||
Road Canyon Formation | Permian | ||
Ross Mine Formation | Permian | ||
Rustler Formation | Permian | ||
Sabinetown Bluff Formation | Paleogene | ||
Salesville Formation | Carboniferous | ||
San Andres Formation | Permian | ||
San Carlos Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Second Value Dolomite | Ordovician | ||
Sedwick Formation | Permian | ||
Seguin Formation | Paleogene | ||
Selman Formation | Paleogene | ||
Seymour Formation | Pleistocene | ||
Shuler Formation | Late Jurassic | ||
Skinner Mountain Formation | Permian | ||
Skinner Ranch Formation | Permian | ||
Sligo Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Smithwick Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Silurian | |||
Stone City Formation | Paleogene | ||
Strawn Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Strawn Group/Grindstone Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Strawn Group/Millsap Lake Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Sullivan Peak Formation | Permian | ||
Tahoka Formation | Pleistocene | ||
Talpa Formation | Permian | ||
Tanyard Formation | Ordovician | ||
Taylor Marl | Cretaceous | ||
Taylor Group/Sprinkle Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Taylor Group/Wolfe City Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Taylor Group/Wolfe City Group/Sprinkle Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Tecovas Formation | Triassic | ||
Tesnus Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Thrifty Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Torcer Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Paleogene, Cretaceous | |||
Tornillo Group/Javelina Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Travis Peak Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Trinity Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Trinity Group/Antlers Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Trinity Group/ | Cretaceous | ||
Trinity Group/Cuchillo Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Trinity Group/Glen Rose Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Trinity Group/Glen Rose Group/Paluxy Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Trinity Group/Hensel Sand | Cretaceous | ||
Trinity Group/Paluxy Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Trinity Group/Twin Mountains Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Tule Formation | Pleistocene | ||
Twin Mountains Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Vale Formation | Permian | ||
Valera Shale | Permian | ||
Vidrio Formation | Permian | ||
Vieja Formation | Paleogene | ||
Waggoner Ranch Formation | Permian | ||
Waldrip Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Walnut Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Washita Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Washita Group/Del Rio Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Washita Group/Denison Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Washita Group/Denton Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Washita Group/Duck Creek Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Washita Group/Forth Worth Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Washita Group/Grayson Marl | Cretaceous | ||
Washita Group/Main Street Limestone | Cretaceous | ||
Washita Group/Pawpaw Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Washita Group/ | Cretaceous | ||
Weches Formation | Paleogene | ||
Weno Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Whitehorse Formation | Permian | ||
Wichita Formation | Permian | ||
Wichita Group/Admiral Formation | Permian | ||
Wichita Group/Archer City Formation | Permian | ||
Wichita Group/Belle Plains Formation | Permian | ||
Wichita Group/Clyde Formation | Permian | ||
Wichita Group/Lueders Formation | Permian | ||
Wichita Group/Moran Formation | Permian | ||
Wichita Group/Nocona Formation | Permian | ||
Wichita Group/Petrolia Formation | Permian | ||
Wichita Group/Waggoner Ranch Formation | Permian | ||
Wichita Group/Putnam Formation | Permian | ||
Wichita Group/Waggoner Ranch Formation | Permian | ||
Wilberns Formation | Cambrian | ||
Wilcox Group/Rockdale Formation | Paleogene | ||
Wills Point Formation | Paleogene | ||
Winchell Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Wolf Mountain Formation | Carboniferous | ||
Wolfe City Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Woodbine Formation | Cretaceous | ||
Woods Hollow Formation | Middle Ordovician | ||
Word Formation | Permian | ||
Yegua Formation | Paleogene | ||
Cretaceous |
See also[]
- Paleontology in Texas
References[]
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Wikisource has original works on the topic: Paleontology in the United States#Texas |
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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has generic name (help) - USGS. "U.S. Geologic Names Lexicon ("Geolex")". Retrieved 8 November 2017.
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