List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Republic of Ireland

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Group or Formation Period Notes
Ballyadams Formation Carboniferous
Ballysteen Limestone Formation Carboniferous
Boyne Group/Feltrim Formation Carboniferous
Boyne Group/Slane Castle Formation Carboniferous
Carboniferous
Clashford House Formation Ordovician
Clogrenan Formation Carboniferous
Cloonnamna Formation Silurian
Courtown Formation Ordovician
Carboniferous
Drom Point Formation Silurian
Ordovician
Duncannon Group/Campile Formation Ordovician
Duncannon Group/ Ordovician
Duncannon Group/ Ordovician
Feltrim Formation Carboniferous
Ferriters Cove Formation Silurian
Fingal Group/Lucan Formation Carboniferous
Fingal Group/Naul Formation Carboniferous
Fingal Group/Tober Colleen Formation Carboniferous
Carboniferous
Grange Allen Formation Ordovician
Grangegeeth Group/Knockerk Formation Ordovician
Harrylock Formation Devonian
Hollyford Formation Silurian
Holmpatrick Formation Carboniferous
Carboniferous
Kilbride Formation Silurian
Kilbride Limestone Formation Carboniferous
Kilcoan Sands Formation Cretaceous
Kildare Limestone Formation Ordovician
Kilmore Sandstone Group/Coomhola Formation Carboniferous, Devonian
Kiltorcan Formation Devonian
Devonian
Knockerk Formation Ordovician
Lane Formation Carboniferous
Limerick Limestone Formation Carboniferous
Ordovician
Carboniferous
Mullaghfin Formation Carboniferous
Murrisk Group/Mweelrea Formation Ordovician
Navan Group/Liscartan Formation Carboniferous
Navan Group/Meath Formation Carboniferous
Navan Group/Moathill Formation Carboniferous
New Red Sandstone Group /
 		 Permian
New Red Sandstone Group /
 Kingscourt Sandstone Formation		 Triassic
/Kiltorcan Formation Devonian
Porter's Gate Formation Carboniferous
Ribband Group/Booley Bay Formation Cambrian
Tourmakeady Formation Ordovician
Carboniferous
Carboniferous
West Cork Sandstone Formation Carboniferous

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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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