List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kentucky

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

Sites Group or Formation Period Notes Alvy Creek Formation Carboniferous Arnheim Formation Ordovician Ashlock Formation Ordovician Bardstown Formation Ordovician Beechwood Limestone Devonian Bellevue Formation Ordovician Benbolt Formation Ordovician Borden Formation Carboniferous Brassfield Formation Silurian Breathitt Formation Pennsylvanian Bull Fork Formation Ordovician Calloway Creek Formation Ordovician Caseyville Formation Carboniferous Chattanooga Shale Devonian Chester Series Carboniferous Claiborne Formation Paleogene Clays Ferry Formation Ordovician Copland Coal Carboniferous Corniferous Formation Devonian Corryville Formation Ordovician Drakes Formation Ordovician Elkhorn Formation Ordovician Elwren Formation Carboniferous Fairview Formation Ordovician Fort Payne Chert Carboniferous Four Corners Formation Carboniferous Fraileys Shale Carboniferous Gilbert Formation Ordovician Glen Dean Limestone Carboniferous Glenshaw Formation Carboniferous Golconda Formation Carboniferous Grant Lake Formation Ordovician Hance Formation Carboniferous Haney Limestone Carboniferous Harrodsburg Limestone Carboniferous Jeffersonville Limestone Devonian Kope Formation Ordovician Leipers Limestone Ordovician Lexington Limestone Ordovician Liberty Formation Ordovician Louisville Limestone Silurian Lower Whitewater Ordovician McMillan Formation Ordovician Miamitown Formation Ordovician Mount Auburn Formation Ordovician New Albany Shale Devonian New Providence Formation Carboniferous Ohio Shale Devonian Okaw Group Carboniferous Oregonia Formation Ordovician Ramp Creek Formation Carboniferous Reba Formation Ordovician Salem Limestone Carboniferous Sanderson Formation Carboniferous Ste. Genevieve Formation Carboniferous Stingy Creek Formation Ordovician Sunset Formation Ordovician Tar Springs Formation Carboniferous Tate Formation Ordovician Tradewater Formation Carboniferous Tyrone Limestone Ordovician Waynesville Formation Ordovician Whitewater Formation Ordovician

See also

Paleontology in Kentucky

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