List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kansas

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

Sites
Group or Formation Period Notes
Admire FormationCarboniferous
Admire Group/Falls City LimestoneCarboniferous
Admire Group/Janesville ShaleCarboniferous
Admire Group/Onaga ShaleCarboniferous
Altamont FormationCarboniferous
Americus FormationCarboniferous
Ballard FormationPleistocene
Beattie FormationPermian
Belleville Formation
Belvidere FormationCretaceous
Boone FormationCarboniferous
Bronson Group/Hertha FormationCarboniferous
Carlile ShaleCretaceous
Cass Limestone
Chase FormationPermian
Chase Group/Barneston LimestonePermian
Chase Group/Funston LimestonePermian
Chase Group/Matfield ShalePermian
Chase Group/Speiser ShalePermian
Chase Group/Winfield FormationPermian
Chase Group/Wreford LimestonePermian
Cherokee ShaleCarboniferous
Cherokee Group/Cabaniss FormationCarboniferous
Cherokee Group/Riverton Coal FormationCarboniferous
Cheyenne SandstoneCretaceous
Coffeyville FormationCarboniferous
Collier ShaleCambrian
Colorado Group/Carlile ShaleCretaceous
Colorado Group/Graneros ShaleCretaceous
Colorado Group/Greenhorn LimestoneCretaceous
Colorado Group/Niobrara FormationCretaceous
Comanche FormationCretaceous
Comanche Group/Kiowa ShaleCretaceous
Cottonwood LimestonePermian
Council Grove Group/Beattie FormationPermian
Council Grove Group/Crouse FormationPermian
Council Grove Group/Eskridge ShalePermian
Council Grove Group/Foraker FormationPermian, Carboniferous
Council Grove Group/Grenola FormationPermian
Council Grove Group/Johnson ShaleCarboniferous
Council Grove Group/Red Eagle FormationPermian, Carboniferous
Council Grove Group/Roca ShalePermian
Crooked Creek Formation
Crouse FormationPermian
Dakota FormationCretaceous
Dennis FormationCarboniferous
Dewey FormationCarboniferous
Douglas Group/Stranger Formation
Eiss FormationPermian
Elmdale FormationCarboniferous
Eskridge ShalePermian
Falls City Limestone
Fencepost limestone bedCretaceous
Florena FormationPermian
Foraker FormationCarboniferous
Fort Hays Limestone MemberCretaceous
Fort Riley FormationPermian
Fort Scott LimestoneCarboniferous
Garrison FormationPermian
Greenhorn LimestoneCretaceous
Grenola FormationPermian
Grenola LimestonePermian
Hale FormationCarboniferous
Hartford LimestoneCarboniferous
Havensville FormationPermian
Herington FormationPermian
Hertha FormationCarboniferous
Hollenberg FormationPermian
Howard FormationCarboniferous
Iatan FormationCarboniferous
Iola FormationCarboniferous
Janesville Shale
Kansas City Group/Drum FormationCarboniferous
Kansas City Group/Iola FormationCarboniferous
Kansas City Group/Westerville FormationCarboniferous
Kansas City Group/Wyandotte FormationCarboniferous
Kanwaka Formation
Kingsdown FormationPleistocene
Kiowa ShaleCretaceous
Lansing Group/Plattsburg FormationCarboniferous
Lansing Group/Stanton FormationCarboniferous
Lansing Group/Vilas ShaleCarboniferous
Lawrence FormationCarboniferous
Lawrence ShaleCarboniferous
Lost Branch FormationCarboniferous
Marmaton Group/Altamount FormationCarboniferous
Marmaton Group/Fort Scott FormationCarboniferous
McPherson Formation
Meade Formation
Memorial FormationCarboniferous
Montana Group/Pierre ShaleCretaceous
Neva FormationPermian
Niobrara FormationCretaceous
Nowata FormationCarboniferous
Ochelata Group/Wann FormationCarboniferous
Ogallala FormationNeogene
Oread FormationCarboniferous
Pawnee FormationCarboniferous
Pedee Group/Weston ShaleCarboniferous
Pierre ShaleCretaceous
Pierre Shale Group/Sharon Springs FormationCretaceous
Pillsbury ShaleCarboniferous
Plattsburg FormationCarboniferous
Pleasanton Group/Seminole FormationCarboniferous
Red Eagle FormationPermian
Rexroad FormationNeogene
Roca ShalePermian
Root Shale
Sappa Formation
Schroyer FormationPermian
Seminole FormationCarboniferous
Shawnee Group/Calhouns ShaleCarboniferous
Shawnee Group/Deer Creek FormationCarboniferous
Shawnee Group/Kanwaka FormationCarboniferous
Shawnee Group/Lecompton FormationCarboniferous
Shawnee Group/Oread FormationCarboniferous
Shawnee Group/Topeka FormationCarboniferous
Smoky Hill Chalk FormationCretaceous
Speiser ShalePermian
Stanton FormationCarboniferous
Stotler LimestoneCarboniferous
Stranger FormationCarboniferous
Sumner Group/Wellington FormationPermian
Sumner Group/Wreford LimestonePermian
Swope FormationCarboniferous
Tacket FormationCarboniferous
Threemile FormationPermian
Topeka FormationCarboniferous
Vanheim FormationUnited States
Verdigris FormationCarboniferous
Wabaunsee FormationCarboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Auburn FormationCarboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Brownville FormationCarboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Burlingame FormationCarboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Dover FormationCarboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Emporia FormationCarboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Falls City FormationCarboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Howard FormationCarboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Pillsbury FormationCarboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Pillsbury ShaleCarboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Root ShaleCarboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Scranton FormationCarboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Stotler FormationCarboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Stotler LimestoneCarboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Tarkio FormationCarboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Wakarusa FormationCarboniferous
Wabaunsee Group/Wood Siding FormationCarboniferous
Wellington FormationPermian
Winfield FormationPermian
Wood Siding FormationCarboniferous
Wyandotte FormationCarboniferous
Zeandale LimestoneCarboniferous

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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