List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Virginia

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

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Group or Formation Period Notes
Acredale FormationNeogene
Allegheny FormationCarboniferous
Aquia FormationPaleogene
Athens FormationOrdovician
Bays FormationOrdovician
Benbolt FormationOrdovician
Big Stone Gap ShaleCarboniferous
Bloomsburg FormationSilurian
Bluefield ShaleCarboniferous
Bluestone FormationCarboniferous
Bowen FormationOrdovician
Brallier FormationDevonian
Bull Run FormationTriassic
Calvert FormationNeogene
Cassville ShalesPermian
Chambersburg FormationOrdovician
Charleston SandstoneCarboniferous
Chemung FormationDevonian
Chepultepec FormationOrdovician
Choptank FormationNeogene
Eastover FormationNeogene
Old Church FormationNeogene, Paleogene
Chickahominy FormationPaleogene
Cliffield FormationOrdovician
Keefer SandstoneSilurian
Rochester ShaleSilurian
Rose Hill FormationSilurian
Price FormationCarboniferous
Conemaugh Group/Ames
Ames Limestone
Glenshaw FormationCarboniferous
Conococheague FormationCambrian
Cotter FormationOrdovician
Cove Creek LimestoneCarboniferous
Cow Branch FormationTriassic
Doswell FormationTriassic
Eastover FormationNeogene
Edinburgh FormationOrdovician
Eggleston FormationOrdovician
Fido SandstoneCarboniferous
Foreknobs FormationDevonian
Frederick LimestoneCambrian
Gasper LimestoneCarboniferous
Gilmore FormationPermian
Gratton LimestoneOrdovician
Greene FormationPermian
Hampshire FormationDevonian
Hillsdale LimestoneCarboniferous
Hinton FormationCarboniferous
Huntersville FormationDevonian
Kanawha FormationCarboniferous
Kempsville Formation
Keyser LimestoneSilurian
Lantz Mills FormationOrdovician
Lenoir Limestone and Mosheim LimestoneOrdovician
Liberty Hall FormationOrdovician
Lilydale ShaleCarboniferous
Lincolnshire LimestoneOrdovician
Little Valley FormationCarboniferous
Longview FormationOrdovician
Manassas SandstoneTriassic
Martinsburg FormationOrdovician
Mauch Chunk Formation/Reynolds LimestoneCarboniferous
McKenzie FormationSilurian
Midland FormationJurassic
Millboro ShaleDevonian
Moccasin FormationOrdovician
Nanjemoy FormationPaleogene
Nineveh FormationPermian
Nolichucky FormationCambrian
Norfolk Formation
Ohio ShaleDevonian
Old Church FormationNeogene, Paleogene
Onondaga FormationDevonian
Oranda FormationOrdovician
Oriskany FormationDevonian
Otterdale FormationTriassic
Patapsco FormationCretaceous
Patuxent FormationCretaceous
Piney Point FormationPaleogene
Pittsburgh Formation
Pennington FormationCarboniferous
Pocono FormationCarboniferous
Powell FormationOrdovician
Price SandstoneCarboniferous
Rockdale Run FormationOrdovician
Rockport FormationPermian
Romney FormationDevonian
Roubidoux FormationOrdovician
Shady DolomiteCambrian
St. Louis LimestoneCarboniferous
St. Marys FormationNeogene
Ste. Genevieve LimestoneCarboniferous
Tonoloway LimestoneSilurian
Trenton FormationOrdovician
Wardell FormationOrdovician
Washington FormationPermian, Carboniferous
Waynesburg FormationPermian
Whitesburg FormationOrdovician
Williamsport SandstoneSilurian
Wills Creek FormationSilurian
Witten LimestoneOrdovician
Yorktown FormationNeogene

See also

References

  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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