List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tennessee, the Glossary
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Tennessee, U.S.[1]
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65 relations: Arnheim Formation, Benbolt Formation, Bigby Formation, Birdsong Shale, Blackford Formation, Borden Formation, Brownsport Group, Cambrian, Carboniferous, Carters Limestone, Catheys Formation, Chattanooga Shale, Coffee Sand, Coon Creek Formation, Cotter Formation, Cretaceous, Decatur Limestone, Demopolis Chalk, Devonian, Douglas Lake Member, Embayment Megagroup, Fernvale Limestone, Fort Payne Formation, Grainger Formation, Hendersonville Shale, Hermitage Formation, Holston Formation, Inman Formation, Jackson Formation, Knox Supergroup, Lebanon Limestone, Leipers Formation, Lenoir Formation, Linden Formation, Longview Formation, Lorraine Group, Mannie Formation, Maryville Limestone, Midway Group, Moccasin Formation, Murfreesboro Limestone, Newman Formation, Nolichucky Formation, Ohio Shale, Ordovician, Paleogene, Paleontology in Tennessee, Pewee Coal, Pierce Limestone, Powell Formation, ... Expand index (15 more) »
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Arnheim Formation
The Arnheim Formation is a geologic formation in Ohio.
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Benbolt Formation
The Benbolt Formation is a geologic formation in Kentucky.
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Bigby Formation
The Bigby Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Birdsong Shale
The Birdsong Shale is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Blackford Formation
The Blackford Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Borden Formation
The Mississippian Borden Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia,Matchen, D.L., and Kammer, T.W., 1994, Sequence stratigraphy of the Lower Mississippian Price and Borden Formations in southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky: Southeastern Geology, v. 34, no.
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Brownsport Group
The Brownsport Group is a geologic group in Tennessee.
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Cambrian
The Cambrian is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and the Phanerozoic Eon.
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Carboniferous
The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Permian Period, Ma.
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Carters Limestone
The Carters Limestone is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Catheys Formation
The Catheys Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Chattanooga Shale
The Chattanooga Shale is a geological formation in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee.
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Coffee Sand
The Coffee Sand is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Coon Creek Formation
The Coon Creek Formation or Coon Creek Tongue is a geologic unit and ''Konservat-Lagerstätte'' located in western Tennessee and extreme northeast Mississippi.
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Cotter Formation
The Cotter Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and in Virginia.
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Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).
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Decatur Limestone
The Decatur Limestone is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Demopolis Chalk
The Demopolis Chalk is a geological formation in North America, within the U.S. states of Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
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Devonian
The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era during the Phanerozoic eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian period at million years ago (Ma), to the beginning of the succeeding Carboniferous period at Ma.
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Douglas Lake Member
The Douglas Lake Member is a geologic unit of member rank of the Lenoir Limestone that overlies the Mascot Dolomite and underlies typical nodular member of the Lenoir Limestone in Douglas Lake, Tennessee, region.
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Embayment Megagroup
The Embayment Mega Group is found from the Gulf of Mexico north to southern Illinois.
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Fernvale Limestone
The Fernvale Limestone is a geologic formation in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
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Fort Payne Formation
The Fort Payne Formation, or Fort Payne Chert, is a geologic formation found in the southeastern region of the United States.
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Grainger Formation
The Grainger Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia.
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Hendersonville Shale
The Hendersonville Shale is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Hermitage Formation
The Hermitage Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Holston Formation
The Holston Formation, alternately known as the Holston Limestone, is a stratigraphic unit of Ordovician age within the Chickamauga Group in the Ridge-and-Valley physiographic province of the southeastern United States.
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Inman Formation
The Inman Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Jackson Formation
The Jackson Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Knox Supergroup
The Knox Supergroup, also known as the Knox Group and the Knox Formation, is a widespread geologic group in the Southeastern United States.
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Lebanon Limestone
The Lebanon Limestone is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Leipers Formation
The Leipers Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Lenoir Formation
The Lenoir Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Linden Formation
The Linden Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Longview Formation
The Longview Formation is a geologic formation in Virginia.
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Lorraine Group
The Lorraine Group is a geologic group in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada.
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Mannie Formation
The Mannie Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Maryville Limestone
The Maryville Limestone is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Midway Group
The Midway Group is a geologic group in the Mississippi Embayment of Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Alabama.
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Moccasin Formation
The Moccasin Formation is a geologic formation in Virginia and Tennessee.
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Murfreesboro Limestone
The Murfreesboro Limestone is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Newman Formation
The Newman Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Nolichucky Formation
The Nolichucky Formation is a geologic formation in Virginia and Tennessee.
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Ohio Shale
The Ohio Shale is a geologic formation in Ohio.
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Ordovician
The Ordovician is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era.
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Paleogene
The Paleogene Period (also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Neogene Period Ma.
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Paleontology in Tennessee
Paleontology in Tennessee refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Tennessee.
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Pewee Coal
The Pewee Coal is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Pierce Limestone
The Pierce Limestone is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Powell Formation
The Powell Formation or Powell Dolomite is a geologic formation in northern Arkansas, southeast Missouri and Virginia.
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Reedsville Formation
The Ordovician Reedsville Formation is a mapped surficial bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee, that extends into the subsurface of Ohio.
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Richmond Formation
The Richmond Formation is a geologic formation in Michigan and Ohio.
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Ridley Limestone
The Ridley Limestone is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Ripley Formation
The Ripley Formation is a geological formation in North America found in the U.S. states of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.
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Rockdell Formation
The Rockdell Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Rome Formation
The Rome Formation is a geologic formation in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee.
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Sequatchie Formation
The Sequatchie Formation is a geologic formation in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee.
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Silurian
The Silurian is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya.
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Stones River Group
The Stones River Group is a geologic group in Tennessee.
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Stratigraphic unit
A stratigraphic unit is a volume of rock of identifiable origin and relative age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic features (facies) that characterize it.
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Tennessee
Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
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Warsaw Limestone
The Warsaw Limestone is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Wayne Formation
The Wayne Formation is a geologic formation in Tennessee.
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Whitesburg Formation
The Whitesburg Formation is a dark limestone with interbedded shales geologic formation in Tennessee and Virginia.
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Wilcox Formation
The Wilcox Formation is a geologic formation in Vermont that is part of the Holly Mountain Complex.
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See also
Paleontology in Tennessee
- Dunkleosteus
- Fossils of Tennessee
- Gray Fossil Site
- Island 35 Mastodon
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tennessee
- List of the Mesozoic life of Tennessee
- List of the Paleozoic life of Tennessee
- List of the prehistoric life of Tennessee
- McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture
- Paleontology in Tennessee
- Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium
Stratigraphy of Tennessee
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tennessee
- List of Appalachian Regional Commission counties
- List of National Natural Landmarks in Tennessee
- List of Tennessee locations by per capita income
- List of Tennessee state forests
- List of Tennessee state parks and natural areas
- List of census-designated places in Tennessee
- List of city nicknames in Tennessee
- List of counties in Tennessee
- List of crossings of the Lower Mississippi River
- List of dams and reservoirs of the Tennessee River
- List of federal lands in Tennessee
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tennessee
- List of ghost towns in Tennessee
- List of municipalities in Tennessee
- List of neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee
- List of rivers of Tennessee
- List of school districts in Tennessee
- List of unincorporated communities in Hardin County, Tennessee
- Tennessee statistical areas
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fossiliferous_stratigraphic_units_in_Tennessee
, Reedsville Formation, Richmond Formation, Ridley Limestone, Ripley Formation, Rockdell Formation, Rome Formation, Sequatchie Formation, Silurian, Stones River Group, Stratigraphic unit, Tennessee, Warsaw Limestone, Wayne Formation, Whitesburg Formation, Wilcox Formation.