List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in South Dakota

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

Sites
Group or Formation Period Notes
Arikaree FormationNeogene
Arikaree Group/Turtle Butte FormationPaleogene
Ash Hollow FormationNeogene
Batesland FormationNeogene
Bon Homme GravelQuaternary
Brule FormationPaleogene
Carlile ShaleCretaceous
Chadron FormationPaleogene
Colorado Group/Greenhorn LimestoneCretaceous
Colorado Group/Niobrara FormationCretaceous
Deadwood FormationCambrian
Fort Randall FormationNeogene
Fort Union FormationPaleogene
Fox Hills FormationCretaceous
Greenhorn FormationCretaceous
Greenhorn LimestoneCretaceous
Harrison FormationMiocene
Hell Creek FormationCretaceous
Inyan Kara Group/Lakota FormationCretaceous
Judith River FormationCretaceous
Lakota FormationCretaceous
Lance FormationCretaceous
Rosebud BedsNeogene
Lower Rosebud BedsNeogene
Minnelusa FormationCarboniferous
Monroe Creek FormationPaleogene
Montana Group/Fox Hills FormationCretaceous
Montana Group/Hell Creek FormationCretaceous
Montana Group/Pierre ShaleCretaceous
Morrison FormationJurassic
Ogallala FormationNeogene
Paha Sapa LimestonePaleogene
Pierre ShaleCretaceous
Rosebud FormationNeogene, Paleogene
Sharps FormationPaleogene
Slim Buttes FormationPaleogene
Sundance FormationJurassic
Thin Elk FormationNeogene
Turtle Butte FormationPaleogene
Valentine FormationNeogene
White River FormationPaleogene
Whitewood LimestoneOrdovician

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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