List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Alabama

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

Sites Group or Formation Period Notes Bangor Formation Carboniferous Bangor Limestone Carboniferous Bashi Formation Paleogene Blufftown Formation Cretaceous Bucatunna Formation Paleogene Byram Formation Chattanooga ShaleDevonian Chickamauga Formation Ordovician Chickasaw Group/Nanafalia Formation Paleogene Citronelle Formation Claiborne Group/Claiborne Sand Paleogene Claiborne Group/Gosport Sand Paleogene Claiborne Group/Lisbon Formation Claiborne Group/Tallahatta Formation Clayton Formation Conesauga Formation Cambrian Cook Mountain Formation Paleogene Copper Ridge Dolomite Cambrian Crystal River Limestone Paleogene Demopolis Formation Cretaceous Eutaw Formation Floyd ShaleCarboniferous Fort Payne Chert Carboniferous Gosport Sand Paleogene Hartselle Sandstone Carboniferous Hatchetigbee Formation Hatchetigbee Bluff Formation Jackson Group/Moodys Branch Formation Paleogene Jackson Group/Ocala Paleogene Jackson Group/Yazoo Clay Knox Group Cambrian Leipers Limestone Ordovician Lisbon Formation Little Oak Formation Ordovician Longview Formation Ordovician Marianna Limestone Paleogene Mary Lee Formation Carboniferous Midway Group/Clayton Formation Midway Group/Fort Gaines Formation Paleogene Midway Group/Naheola Formation Midway Group/Nanafalia Formation Midway Group/Porters Creek Formation Midway Group/Sucarnochee Clay Paleogene Monteagle Limestone Carboniferous Moodys Branch Formation Paleogene Mooreville Chalk Naheola Formation Nanafalia Formation Nawala Formation Ordovician Newala Formation Ordovician Ocala Formation Paleogene Odenville Formation Ordovician Pachuta Marl Paleogene Parkwood Formation Carboniferous Pennington FormationCarboniferous Porters Creek Formation Pottsville Formation Prairie Bluff Chalk Cretaceous Pratt Formation Carboniferous Providence Sand Cretaceous Red Bluff Clay Paleogene Red Mountain FormationSilurian Ripley Formation Rome FormationCambrian Salt Mountain Limestone Paleogene Selma Group/Demopolis Chalk Cretaceous Selma Group/Mooreville Chalk Selma Group/Prairie Bluff Formation Cretaceous Selma Group/Ripley Formation Cretaceous Sequatchie FormationOrdovician Tallahatta Formation Paleogene Tuscahoma Sand Tuscaloosa Formation Cretaceous Vicksburg Group/Red Bluff Formation Paleogene Waldron Shale Silurian Wilcox Group/Hatchetigbee Bluff Wilcox Group/Nanafalia Formation Wilcox Group/Tuscahoma Formation Yazoo Clay

See also

Paleontology in Alabama

References