List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mississippi

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

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Group or Formation Period Notes
Bashi FormationPaleogene
Byram FormationPaleogene
Byram MarlPaleogene
Chickasawhay FormationPaleogene
Chiwapa FormationCretaceous
Claiborne Group/Lisbon FormationPaleogene
Claiborne Group/Winona FormationPaleogene
Cockfield FormationPaleogene
Coffee SandCretaceous
Cook Mountain FormationPaleogene
Eutaw FormationCretaceous
Eutaw Group/McShan GroupCretaceous
Forest Hill FormationPaleogene
Glendon FormationPaleogene
Glendon LimestonePaleogene
Jackson FormationPaleogene
Jackson Group/Moodys Branch FormationPaleogene
Jackson Group/Yazoo ClayPaleogene
Kosciusko FormationPaleogene
Marianna LimestonePaleogene
Midway Group/Clayton FormationPaleogene
Mint Springs MarlPaleogene
Moodys Branch FormationPaleogene
Owl Creek FormationCretaceous
Pensacola FormationNeogene
Prairie BluffCretaceous
Prairie Bluff ChalkCretaceous
Red Bluff ClayPaleogene
Ripley FormationCretaceous
Selma GroupCretaceous
Tallahatta FormationPaleogene
Tuscahoma FormationPaleogene
Vicksburg Group/Byram FormationPaleogene
Vicksburg Group/Marianna FormationPaleogene
Vicksburg Group/Mint Springs FormationPaleogene
Vicksburg Group/Red Bluff FormationPaleogene
Wautubbee FormationPaleogene
Wilcox Group/Hatchetigbee Bluff FormationPaleogene
Yazoo ClayPaleogene

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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