List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kentucky

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

Sites
Group or Formation Period Notes
Ashlock FormationOrdovician
Bardstown FormationOrdovician
Beechwood LimestoneDevonian
Bellevue FormationOrdovician
Benbolt FormationOrdovician
Borden FormationCarboniferous
Brassfield FormationSilurian
Alvy Creek FormationCarboniferous
Hance FormationCarboniferous
Bull Fork FormationOrdovician
Calloway Creek FormationOrdovician
Caseyville FormationCarboniferous
Chattanooga ShaleDevonian
Tar Springs FormationCarboniferous
Claiborne FormationPaleogene
Clays Ferry FormationOrdovician
Copland CoalCarboniferous
Corniferous FormationDevonian
Corryville FormationOrdovician
Drakes FormationOrdovician
Elwren FormationCarboniferous
Fairview FormationOrdovician
Fort Payne ChertCarboniferous
Four Corners FormationCarboniferous
Fraileys ShaleCarboniferous
Gilbert FormationOrdovician
Glen Dean LimestoneCarboniferous
Glenshaw FormationCarboniferous
Golconda FormationCarboniferous
Grant Lake FormationOrdovician
Haney LimestoneCarboniferous
Harrodsburg LimestoneCarboniferous
Tyrone LimestoneOrdovician
Jeffersonville LimestoneDevonian
Kope FormationOrdovician
Leipers LimestoneOrdovician
Lexington LimestoneOrdovician
Liberty FormationOrdovician
Louisville LimestoneSilurian
Lower WhitewaterOrdovician
Fairview FormationOrdovician
McMillan FormationOrdovician
Miamitown FormationOrdovician
Mount Auburn FormationOrdovician
New Albany ShaleDevonian
Sanderson FormationCarboniferous
New Providence FormationCarboniferous
Ohio ShaleDevonian
Oregonia FormationOrdovician
Ramp Creek FormationCarboniferous
Reba FormationOrdovician
Arnheim FormationOrdovician
Elkhorn FormationOrdovician
Salem LimestoneCarboniferous
Sanderson FormationDevonian
Beechwood FormationDevonian
Ste. Genevieve FormationCarboniferous
Stingy Creek FormationOrdovician
Sunset FormationOrdovician
Tate FormationOrdovician
Tradewater FormationCarboniferous
Waynesville FormationOrdovician
Whitewater FormationOrdovician

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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