List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Pennsylvania

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

Sites
Group or Formation Period Notes
Allegheny FormationCarboniferous
Ames FormationCarboniferous
Anthracite FormationCarboniferous
Antietam FormationCambrian
Bellefonte FormationOrdovician
Bloomsburg FormationSilurian
Canadaway Group/Canaseraga FormationDevonian
Canadaway Group/Cuba FormationDevonian
Canadaway Group/Java FormationDevonian
Canadaway Group/Machias FormationDevonian
Canadaway Group/Rushford FormationDevonian
Catskill FormationDevonian
Chatham Group/Hammer Creek FormationTriassic
Chemung FormationDevonian
Cherry Ridge ShaleDevonian
Conemaugh GroupCarboniferous
Conemaugh Group/Conemaugh FormationCarboniferous
Conemaugh Group/Glenshaw FormationCarboniferous
Conewango GroupDevonian
Conewango Group/Pocono FormationDevonian
Conewango Group/Venango FormationDevonian
Conneaut Group/Cuba silt shale (Chadakoin)Devonian
Connemaugh GroupCarboniferous
Connemaugh Group/Duquesne CoalCarboniferous
Cussewago FormationDevonian
Dunkard Group/Greene FormationPermian
Dunkard Group/Waynesburg FormationPermian
Gatesburg FormationCambrian
Genesee Group/Ithaca FormationDevonian
Gettysburg FormationTriassic
Glenshaw FormationCarboniferous
Hamilton Group/Mahantango FormationDevonian
Hamilton Group/Marcellus ShaleDevonian
Harrell FormationDevonian
Helderberg FormationDevonian
Jennings FormationDevonian
Keyser LimestoneSilurian
Kinzers FormationCambrian
Llewellyn FormationCarboniferous
Lock Haven FormationDevonian
Lockatong FormationTriassic
Pocono FormationDevonian
Mahantango FormationDevonian
Manlius LimestoneDevonian
Martinsburg FormationOrdovician
Mauch Chunk FormationCarboniferous
Mercer FormationCarboniferous
Mifflintown FormationSilurian
Monongahela Group/Pittsburgh FormationCarboniferous
New Oxford FormationTriassic
Newark Group/Gettysburg FormationTriassic
Newark Group/Lockatong FormationTriassic
Newark Group/New Oxford FormationTriassic
Nittany DolomiteOrdovician
Old Point FormationDevonian
Onondaga FormationDevonian
Oswayo SandstoneDevonian
Passaic FormationTriassic
Pleasent Hill LimestoneCambrian
Pocono FormationCarboniferous, Devonian
Pottsville FormationCarboniferous
Reedsville Group/ Martinsburg FormationOrdovician
Rockdale Run FormationOrdovician
Rose Hill FormationSilurian
Shawangunk FormationSilurian
Sonyea Group/Delaware River FormationDevonian
Stockton FormationTriassic
Stonehenge FormationOrdovician
Susquehanna Group/Chemung FormationDevonian
Titusville Till
Tomstown DolomiteCambrian
Venango FormationDevonian
Vintage DolomiteCambrian
Warrior FormationCambrian
Washington FormationPermian

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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