List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California

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

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Group or Formation Period Notes
Al Rose FormationOrdovician
Altamira ShaleNeogene
Antelope Valley LimestoneOrdovician
Arvison FormationTriassic
Asuncion Group/Chico FormationCretaceous
Asuncion Group/Forbes ShaleCretaceous
Asuncion Group/Funks ShaleCretaceous
Asuncion Group/Moreno FormationCretaceous
Asuncion Group/Ragged Valley ShaleCretaceous
Avawatz FormationNeogene
Aztec SandstoneJurassic
Badger Flat FormationOrdovician
Baird FormationCarboniferous
Barrel Spring FormationOrdovician
Barstow FormationNeogene
Battery Formation
Bautista Formation
Bedrock Spring FormationNeogene
Bird Spring FormationPermian, Carboniferous
Bonanza King FormationCambrian
Bonanzan King FormationCambrian
Bopesta FormationNeogene
Bragdon FormationCarboniferous
Branch Canyon FormationNeogene
Brawley Formation
Briones FormationNeogene
Brock ShaleTriassic
Budden Canyon FormationCretaceous
Cache Formation
Cajon Valley Beds FormationNeogene
Caliente FormationNeogene
Campito FormationCambrian
Capay FormationPaleogene
Capistrano FormationNeogene
Carrara FormationCambrian
Chanac FormationNeogene
Chatsworth FormationCretaceous
Chico FormationCretaceous
Chico Group/Moreno FormationCretaceous
Chloropagus FormationNeogene
Conglomerate Mesa FormationPermian
Copper Canyon FormationNeogene
Coso FormationNeogene
Crowder FormationNeogene
Darwin Canyon FormationPermian
Debris Dam FormationCretaceous
Deep Spring FormationCambrian
Dekkas FormationPermian
Delmar Formation
Diablo FormationNeogene
Diligencia Formation
Disaster Peak FormationNeogene
Domengine FormationPaleogene
Dove Spring FormationNeogene
Drakes Bay FormationNeogene
Ely Springs DolomiteOrdovician
Etchegoin FormationNeogene
Falor Formation
Fernando FormationNeogene
Forbes FormationCretaceous
Foreman FormationJurassic
Franciscan FormationJurassic
Freeman Silt FormationNeogene
Friars FormationPaleogene
Funks FormationCretaceous
Gazelle FormationSilurian
Goler FormationPaleogene
Goodhue FormationPermian
Goodwin FormationOrdovician
Great Valley FormationCretaceous
Great Valley Group/Antelope ShaleCretaceous
Great Valley Group/Budden Canyon FormationCretaceous
Great Valley Group/Crack Canyon FormationCretaceous
Great Valley Group/Gravelly Flat FormationCretaceous
Great Valley Group/Lodoga FormationCretaceous
Great Valley Group/Moreno FormationCretaceous
Great Valley Group/Stony Creek FormationJurassic
Green Valley FormationNeogene
Gregg Ranch FormationOrdovician
Hardgrave FormationJurassic
Harkless FormationCambrian
Harold Formation
Hector FormationNeogene
Hidden Valley DolomiteDevonian
Hinchman FormationJurassic
Hookton Formation
Hornbrook FormationCretaceous
Horned Toad FormationNeogene
Horseshoe Gulch FormationOrdovician
Horseshoe Gulch unit FormationOrdovician
Hosselkus FormationTriassic
Hosselkus LimestoneTriassic
Hungry Valley FormationNeogene
Imperial FormationNeogene
Imperial Group/Deguynos FormationNeogene
Jalama FormationCretaceous
Jewett Sand FormationNeogene, Paleogene
Joaquin FormationCretaceous
Josephine FormationJurassic
Juncal FormationPaleogene
Kangaroo Creek FormationDevonian, Silurian, Ordovician
Kangaroo Ranch FormationOrdovician
Kern River FormationNeogene
Kern River Beds FormationNeogene
Kramer Beds FormationNeogene
Kreyenhagen FormationPaleogene
Kreyenhagen ShalePaleogene
La Habra Formation
La Jolla FormationPaleogene
Ladd FormationCretaceous
Ladera SandstoneNeogene
Laguna Seca FormationPaleogene, Cretaceous
Lake Mathews FormationNeogene
Latham ShaleCambrian
Livermore Gravels FormationNeogene
Llajas FormationPaleogene
Locatelli FormationPaleogene
Lodo FormationPaleogene
Lomita Marl Formation
Lompico SandstoneNeogene
Lower Arkose Unit FormationNeogene
Manix Formation
Martinez FormationPaleogene
Mazourka FormationOrdovician
McCloud LimestonePermian, Carboniferous
Meganos FormationPaleogene
Meganos C FormationPaleogene
Mehrten FormationNeogene
Merced FormationNeogene
Merhten FormationNeogene
Mint Canyon FormationNeogene
Mission Valley FormationPaleogene
Modello FormationNeogene
Modelo FormationNeogene
Modin FormationTriassic
Moenkopi FormationTriassic
Monola FormationCambrian
Monterey FormationNeogene
Monterey ShaleNeogene
Monterey Group/Claremont ShaleNeogene
Montezuma Formation
Montgomery Creek FormationPaleogene
Montgomery LimestoneOrdovician
Moraga FormationNeogene
Moreno FormationCretaceous
Moreno Grande FormationCretaceous
Mormon FormationJurassic
MR Caliente FormationNeogene
Mt. Eden FormationNeogene
Mule Spring LimestoneCambrian
Mulholland FormationNeogene
Neroly FormationNeogene
Niguel FormationNeogene
Nosoni FormationPermian
NS Caliente FormationNeogene
Oclese Sand FormationNeogene
Ocotillo Formation
Ono FormationCretaceous
Orinda FormationNeogene
Oro Loma FormationNeogene
Osbourne Canyon FormationPermian
Otay Formation
Owens Valley FormationPermian
Owens Valley Group/Santa Rosa Flat FormationPermian
Pacheco FormationCretaceous
Palm Spring Formation
Palos Verdes Formation
Panoche FormationCretaceous
Paskenta FormationCretaceous
Paso Robles FormationNeogene
Pauba Formation
Payton Ranch LimestoneSilurian
Peace Valley Beds FormationNeogene
Petaluma FormationNeogene
Pico FormationNeogene
Pigeon Point FormationCretaceous
Pinole Tuff FormationNeogene
Pismo FormationNeogene
Pit FormationTriassic
Pleasants SandstoneCretaceous
Plush Ranch FormationNeogene
Point Loma FormationCretaceous
Poleta FormationCambrian
Pomerado Conglomerate FormationPaleogene
Potem FormationJurassic
Poway FormationPaleogene
Puente FormationNeogene
Puente ShaleNeogene
Punchbowl FormationNeogene
Purisima FormationNeogene
Purisimo FormationNeogene
Redding FormationCretaceous
Rincon FormationNeogene, Paleogene
Rio Dell Formation
Riverbank Formation
Robinson FormationPermian
Rosario FormationCretaceous
Rosario Group/Cabrillo FormationCretaceous
Rosario Group/Point Loma FormationCretaceous
Round Mountain Silt FormationNeogene
Saline Valley FormationCambrian
San Antonio Formation
San Benito Gravels
San Diego FormationNeogene
San Emigdio FormationPaleogene
San Francisquito FormationPaleogene, Cretaceous
San Joaquin FormationNeogene
San Lorenzo FormationPaleogene
San Lorenzo Group/Pleito FormationPaleogene
San Lorenzo Group/San Emigdio FormationPaleogene
San Margarita SandstoneNeogene
San Mateo FormationNeogene
San Pablo FormationNeogene
San Pedro Formation
San Pedro Sand Formation
San Timoteo Formation
Santa Clara FormationNeogene
Santa Cruz Mudstone FormationNeogene
Santa Margarita FormationNeogene
Santa Rosa Flat FormationPermian
Santa Rosa Island Formation
Santa Susana FormationPaleogene
Santiago FormationPaleogene
Scripps FormationPaleogene
Sespe FormationNeogene, Paleogene
Shasta FormationCretaceous
Sierra Blanca LimestonePaleogene
Siesta FormationNeogene
Silverado FormationPaleogene
Sisquoc FormationNeogene
Skooner Gulch FormationNeogene
St. George FormationNeogene
Stadium Conglomerate FormationPaleogene
Sweetwater FormationPaleogene
Tassajara FormationNeogene
Tecopa Lake Beds Formation
Tecuya Formation
Tejon FormationPaleogene
Temblor FormationNeogene, Paleogene
Temecula Arkose Formation
Thompson FormationJurassic
Tick Canyon Formation
Timm's Point Formation
Titus Canyon FormationPaleogene
Topanga Canyon FormationNeogene
Towsley FormationNeogene
Tulare FormationNeogene
Tuna Canyon FormationCretaceous
Turlock Lake Formation
UDC Caliente FormationNeogene
Union Wash FormationTriassic
Unnamed FormationPaleogene
Upper Caliente FormationNeogene
Upper Etchegoin Formation
Upper Fernando FormationNeogene
Upper Mehrten FormationNeogene
Valmonte Diatomite FormationNeogene
Vaquero FormationNeogene
Vaqueros FormationNeogene, Paleogene
Vedder SandPaleogene
Volcanopelagic Succession Group/Unit 1 FormationJurassic
Volcanopelagic Succession Group/Unit 2 FormationJurassic
Volcanopelagic Succession Group/Unit 3 FormationJurassic
Waltham FormationCretaceous
Wildcat FormationNeogene
Wildcat Group/Rio Dell FormationNeogene
Williams FormationCretaceous
Wood Canyon FormationCambrian, Ediacaran
Zabriskie Quartzite FormationCambrian

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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