Navarro Group
The Navarro Group is a geologic group in Arkansas, Texas and Coahuila, Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.[3]
| Navarro Group Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Group |
| Sub-units | Escondido Formation[1] |
| Location | |
| Region | Arkansas, Texas and Coahuila |
| Country | United States and Mexico |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Navarro County, Texas |
| Named by | Benjamin Franklkin Shumard [2] |
Navarro Group stratigraphic column in Texas
See also
References
- "National Geologic Map Database entry: Escondido". ngmdb.usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- Shumard, B.F. (1862). "Descriptions of new Cretaceous fossils from Texas". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 8: 189.
- 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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