List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Scotland

Group or Formation Period Notes
Arbuthnott Group/Dundee FormationDevonian
Ardwell Farm FormationOrdovician
Ardwell Group/Balclatchie FormationOrdovician
Ardwell Group/Craighead LimestoneOrdovician
Balclatchie FormationOrdovician
Barr Group/Stinchar LimestoneOrdovician
Bearreraig SandstoneJurassic
Blackwell FormationCarboniferous
Broadford Beds FormationJurassic
Bu Ness Group/North Gavel Beds FormationDevonian
Cementstones FormationCarboniferous
Cementstones FormationCarboniferous
Cementstones FormationCarboniferous
Charlestown Main FormationCarboniferous
Clackmannan Group/Lower LimestoneCarboniferous
Clackmannan FormationCarboniferous
Clackmannan Group/Upper LimestoneCarboniferous
Clackmannan Group/Lower LimestoneCarboniferous
Clackmannan Group/Passage FormationCarboniferous
Clackmannan Group/Upper LimestoneCarboniferous
Coal Measures FormationCarboniferous
Croisaphuill Fm. FormationOrdovician
Cutties Hillock SandstonePermian
Dounans LimestoneOrdovician
Drummock Group/Ladyburn FormationOrdovician
Drummock Group/South Threave FormationOrdovician
Drummuck Group/Lady Burn FormationOrdovician
Dryden ShaleDevonian
Dundee FormationDevonian
Eday Flagstone FormationDevonian
Eday Flagstone FormationDevonian
Fish Bed FormationSilurian
Golden Grove Group/Llandeilo FormationOrdovician
Great Estuarine FormationJurassic
Great Estuarine Series Group/Estheria Shales FormationJurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Duntulm FormationJurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Kilmaluag FormationJurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Lealt ShaleJurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Lealt Shales FormationJurassic
Great Estuarine Group/Valtos SandstoneJurassic
High Mains FormationOrdovician
Hillhead FormationDevonian
Index FormationCarboniferous
Inshes FormationDevonian
Interbasaltic Plant FormationPalaeogene
Inverclyde Group/Ballagan FormationCarboniferous
Kirkcolm FormationOrdovician
Limestone Coal Group/Limestone Coal FormationCarboniferous
Lossiemouth SandstoneTriassic
Lower LimestoneCarboniferous
Lower LimestoneCarboniferous
Lower Limestone Group/Middle Longcraig LimestoneCarboniferous
Lower Lothian Group of Calciferous Sandstone Measures (Series) Group/Garlton Hills Volcanic FormationCarboniferous
Lower Lothian Group of Calciferous Sandstone Measures (Series) Group/Garlton Hills Volcanic FormationCarboniferous
Lower Oil ShaleCarboniferous
Lower Oil Shale Group/Wardie ShaleCarboniferous
Lower Old Red Sandstone Group/Strathmore GroupDevonian
Lower Stromness flagstone FormationDevonian
Manse Burn FormationCarboniferous
Mauchline Volcanic FormationPermian
Millbuie SandstoneDevonian
Millstone Grit FormationCarboniferous
Mulloch Hill Group/Mulloch Hill FormationSilurian
Newlands FormationSilurian
Newlands Group/Mulloch Hill SandstoneSilurian
Observatory Group/Furse Argillaceous Beds FormationDevonian
Oil FormationCarboniferous
Old Red Sandstone Group/Strathmore GroupDevonian
Orchard LimestoneCarboniferous
Passage FormationCarboniferous
Penkill Group/Penkill FormationSilurian
Priesthill Group/Kip Burn FormationSilurian
Priesthill Group/Patrick Burn FormationSilurian
Reservoir FormationSilurian
Sandwick Fish Beds FormationDevonian
Saugh Hill Group/Saugh Hill GritsSilurian
Scalpa SandstoneJurassic
Second Abden LimestoneCarboniferous
Second Abden ShaleCarboniferous
Staffin Bay FormationJurassic
Stonehaven Group/Cowie FormationSilurian
Strathclyde FormationCarboniferous
Strathclyde Group/Gullane FormationCarboniferous
Strathclyde Group/Kirkwood FormationCarboniferous
Strathclyde Group/Lawmuir FormationCarboniferous
Strathclyde Group/Lower LimestoneCarboniferous
Superstes MudstoneOrdovician
Thurso flagstone FormationDevonian
Top Hosie ShaleCarboniferous
Tyne LimestoneCarboniferous
Upper Border Group/Glencartholm Volcanic GroupCarboniferous
Upper Hartfell ShaleOrdovician
Upper LimestoneCarboniferous
Upper Oil Shale Group/East Kirkton LimestoneCarboniferous
Upper Oil Shale Group/Pettycur Volcanic FormationCarboniferous
Upper Oil Shale Group/Pettycur Volcanics FormationCarboniferous
Upper Old Red Sandstone Group/Horse Road SandstoneCarboniferous
Valtos SandstoneJurassic
Volcanic (= Lower Oil Shale) Group/Clyde Plateau Volcanic FormationCarboniferous
Waterhead Group/Slot Burn FormationSilurian
West Lothian Oil Shale Group/Hopetoun FormationCarboniferous
Whitehouse Group/Mill FormationOrdovician
Whitehouse Group/Shalloch FormationOrdovician
Wick Flagstone FormationDevonian

See also

References
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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