List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Alabama

This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Alabama, U.S.

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Group or Formation Period Notes
Bangor FormationCarboniferous
Bangor Limestone
Bashi FormationPaleogene
Blufftown FormationCretaceous
Bucatunna FormationPaleogene
Byram Formation
Chickamauga FormationOrdovician
Chickasaw Group/Nanafalia FormationPaleogene
Citronelle Formation
Claiborne Group/Claiborne SandPaleogene
Claiborne Group/Gosport SandPaleogene
Claiborne Group/Lisbon Formation
Claiborne Group/Tallahatta Formation
Clayton Formation
Conesauga FormationCambrian
Cook Mountain FormationPaleogene
Copper Ridge DolomiteCambrian
Crystal River LimestonePaleogene
Demopolis FormationCretaceous
Eutaw Formation
Fort Payne ChertCarboniferous
Gosport SandPaleogene
Hartselle SandstoneCarboniferous
Hatchetigbee Formation
Hatchetigbee Bluff Formation
Jackson Group/Moodys Branch FormationPaleogene
Jackson Group/OcalaPaleogene
Jackson Group/Yazoo Clay
Knox Group/Copper Ridge FormationCambrian
Leipers LimestoneOrdovician
Lisbon Formation
Little Oak FormationOrdovician
Longview FormationOrdovician
Marianna LimestonePaleogene
Mary Lee FormationCarboniferous
Midway Group/Clayton Formation
Midway Group/Fort Gaines FormationPaleogene
Midway Group/Naheola Formation
Midway Group/Nanafalia Formation
Midway Group/Porters Creek Formation
Midway Group/Sucarnochee ClayPaleogene
Monteagle LimestoneCarboniferous
Moodys Branch FormationPaleogene
Mooreville Chalk
Naheola Formation
Nanafalia Formation
Nawala FormationOrdovician
Newala FormationOrdovician
Ocala FormationPaleogene
Odenville FormationOrdovician
Pachuta MarlPaleogene
Parkwood FormationCarboniferous
Porters Creek Formation
Pottsville Formation
Prairie Bluff ChalkCretaceous
Pratt FormationCarboniferous
Providence SandCretaceous
Red Bluff ClayPaleogene
Ripley Formation
Salt Mountain LimestonePaleogene
Selma Group/Demopolis ChalkCretaceous
Selma Group/Mooreville Chalk
Selma Group/Prairie Bluff FormationCretaceous
Selma Group/Ripley FormationCretaceous
Tallahatta FormationPaleogene
Tuscahoma Sand
Tuscaloosa FormationCretaceous
Vicksburg Group/Red Bluff FormationPaleogene
Waldron ShaleSilurian
Wilcox Group/Hatchetigbee Bluff
Wilcox Group/Nanafalia Formation
Wilcox Group/Tuscahoma Formation
Yazoo Clay

See also

References
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
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