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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tennessee, the Glossary

Index List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Tennessee

This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Tennessee, U.S.[1]

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  1. 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

Stratigraphy of Tennessee

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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.